Skip to main content
cancel
Turn on suggestions
Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM. Register now.

nandukrishnavs

Unable to open pbix file

Submitted by Community Champion on ‎05-22-2019 05:07 AM

Hi,

 

I have downloaded the pbix file from app.powerbi.com. I'm unable to open it, getting an error message.

I'm using the latest version of Power BI.


Error.PNGversion.PNG

Status: New
See more ideas labeled with:
7 Comments (7 New)
Comments
milankRaj
Advocate I
Advocate I
‎05-22-2019 05:14 AM

I am facing the same issue saying the new vesion is not compatiable. Please someone let me know how to solve this as I have project to deliver tomorrow.

AlexGorev
Power BI Team
Power BI Team
‎05-22-2019 10:15 AM

Can you please try saving the PBIX file in the Service again and then try openning with latest Desktop version. If this does not help, can you share a sample report with me directly at alexgor@microsoft.com.

 

Thanks,

Alex Gorev

v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee
‎05-22-2019 10:41 PM

Hi @nandukrishnavs ,

 

Please install 64-bit version of desktop for a try.

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

nandukrishnavs
Community Champion
Community Champion
‎05-22-2019 10:42 PM

Hi @v-yulgu-msft , I have tried with the 64bit version, and it was not working.

nandukrishnavs
Community Champion
Community Champion
‎05-22-2019 11:08 PM

Hi @AlexGorev , It is not working. Since it is confidential data, I can't share it. I'm facing issues with only this file. Unfortunately, I lost the previous version and have to redevelop the report. 

v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee
‎05-27-2019 02:46 AM

Hi @nandukrishnavs ,

 

Can this PBIX be opened on a different machine with latest desktop?

 

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

miguelarce
Regular Visitor
‎06-08-2019 07:29 PM

it seems Power BI Desktop ( Version: 2.69.5467.2151 64-bit (May 2019) )
corrupts files at saving.

i just made the experiment of opening a copy of a working report, click save and closed the file just to get an error trying to open it again.

My reports only use one data source, a direct query sql data source, on the sql server side i can see all the failed login attepts for user '' (blank), at the same momen i have tryied to open the damaged files, so the data source information works except for the credentials that seems not to be saved correctly.

I get the same errors if i download a pbix copy of a published report, i cant get it to open the file, nor i get prompted to enter valid credentials nor it opens the report file so i can use the query edition tools to fix the querys.

Idea Statuses