Issues

Coffee · ‎03-13-2018

This is becoming a very big pain point for me.... It is crucial that my colors stay consistent throughout my report, However, the colors will change in the service!! Below image shows what I have set in Desktop. Below shows what is in the Service. Even when I try to re-publish my desktop report. The colors won't match. I have to completely delete the report from my service, then publish. And even then it only lasts a day before the colors are changed. You will notice, it is all the same colors in both charts.... However, they are just taking different priorities.... In Desktop, I have the magenta line as top priority, but in the Service, it doesn't follow that. Please, please, please fix this. There are so many threads about this, that have supposedly been resolved, but the issue is not resolved.

Damon_BI · ‎10-23-2023

Hello, even when I click Custom Label "On", the Field box stays grey/inactive. Please, advise. Thank you.

Steffen · ‎11-17-2017

For the last 30 minutes it has not been possible to show reports in the service. They are just loading and never finishes. I have tried with reports from different sources, so the problem is in the Power BI Service. Can someone fix this ASAP? I'm based in northern europe.

wjeanes · ‎03-12-2019

Since this morning we are having massive difficulty publishing reports to our workspaces. There are a number of reports, both with live data sources or "presentation" ones based on static spreadsheets over various workspaces. Regardless of the data source or complexity of the models they are taking anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour or more to publish if they publish at all. We have also frequently been receiving an error saying we cannot publish to a workspace please contact the admin/owner (that would be me!) I've check and the workspace login matches my PBI login. Also logged out of both and back in again to make sure it wasn't that, also, my colleague is having the same problems and has done the same thing. The reports we're working on were the same that, yesterday, were publishing in a few minutes (let's say 3 minutes max for the most complex). I spoke to our IT guys and they haven't made any changes or noticed anything out of the ordinary and the changes we've made are little more than cosmetic so should not result in such a sharp increase in upload time. Please could you let us know if there is anything else we can do from our end to identify the cause?

LukeWalker · ‎08-07-2018

Normal behavior for a stepped matrix with more rows than currently displayed is to show the grand total as a floating row at the bottom. However, when stepped layout is turned off, so is this grand total, regardless of subtotal and per row subtotal settings. Here are screenshots showing the current behaviour (pardon the heavy redaction). The ideal behaviour would be to continue showing the grand total even in non-stepped layout. All row subtotals are enabled in both screenshots. Using version 2.60.5169.4101.

techinresearch · ‎02-21-2018

I dont know if I am aloen in this persistens issue I have. I tend to update reprots daily and change the datasoruces to refresh standard reports with new inputs. When I open a report from a directory, PowerBi will save that file nt tto the directory from which it was opened (As does Excel and most other desktop apps) instead it will save the file back to the last location it used from a previous saved report I have to remember that PowerBi will try and do this and then "save as" to the original directory that the current report came from When I forget , I then get reports saved in the worng directories Can this be fixed so that PowerBI "remembers" where the current report being edited cames from and defaults to saving back to its original location If I am doing somehting peculiar or there is a fix for this already I would much appreciate any pointers or help as this bug can be frustrating and time wasting

Anonymous · ‎07-04-2018

For some reason some of my reports (published about 1,5-2 weeks ago) has suddenly a change in background color on the report canvas from the background color I have set in the PBIX to a dark grey + the background surrounding the report canvas has also gotten this dark grey color. It has also happened to some of the visualizations bakgrounds for one of the published reports. I have not made any changes to the PBIX or in the service since publishing these files, so this seems to be a bug. Background has changed for background surrounding canvas and for two viz on the report page Grey report canvas in PBI service

hitzand · ‎05-01-2017

We have published reports with custom data colors on the bar charts. As of early last week, these custom colors were showing as desired online. At the end of April, however, they all started showing default colors instead. In the desktop files we see the custom colors, but in the service they are the default colors, even when re-publishing. If I try and edit the colors in the service, the color picker just forces the default color.

tylerabbott · ‎07-07-2022

On nearly every report I have in Power BI Desktop, I refresh the data and get this error message on random tables/queries in my dataset. To 'fix' it, I have to open the Power Query Editor, refresh all previews in there, then close the editor and refresh the data in the report view again - and everything refreshes no problem. So, it's not actually an issue with my queries at all - it just seems to be a bug in PBI Desktop.

hannibalmads · ‎11-07-2022

Since October 24th 2022 the Microsoft version of the IBM DB2 connector returns an error on both Import and DirectQuery when working with JDEdwards on an IBM DB2 database (I haven't tried with other databases and tables). "HISMPCB0002 In BasePrimitiveConverter the SetCodePage method has been called with a invalid codepage: 937" This goes for the Power BI Desktop October 2022 version as well as the Power BI Service. When I roll back to the PBI Desktop September version I have no errors with my report. But when I publish the report to the service, the error reappears. Unfortunately this prevents us from doing any reports on the database. See also debate on Solved: Re: Error Message Trying to Hit iSeries DB2 - Microsoft Power BI Community which does not contain a solution even though it is marked as solved.

Anonymous · ‎01-30-2017

I though this was fixed in the last release and seemed to stopped happening after I downloaded the newest version. Now it is back and is a complete pain to deal with. Please fix this issue.

MoeData · ‎06-19-2023

With the new feature for version control, opening .pbir files on Desktop throws an error for the measures that have a trailing (extra character at the end) space in their names. Had to remove the trailing space to get rid of the error.

rbrocks · ‎06-20-2022

When total labels are turned on, the labels do not show when data is sliced to an option that has only one legend category. See here, the data is sliced and there are multiple legend values. The total labels work. Here in the same chart, the data is sliced and there is only one legend value. The total labels disappear. We don't want to enable regular data labels, only the total. Is this intended functionality? Or is this a bug? Seems like if I choose total labels on they should always work by default.

konstantinos · ‎01-03-2018

Hello I am using connector 'Sharepoint Folder' to connect to OneDrive4B folder. Last 3-4 days it is failing to get data either from Desktop or Service ( schedule refresh ). The sharepoint site url is in the format of ( M editor ) "=SharePoint.Files("https://mydomain-my.sharepoint.com/personal/user_mydomain_com", [ApiVersion = 15]) The error is "Web.Contents failed to get contents from 'https://mydomain-my.sharepoint.com/personal/user_mydomain_com/_api/web/lists/getbyid('7eebe93e-0c36-43c6-bd49-502219e447bc')/RenderListDataAsStream' (500): Internal Server Error Details: DataSourceKind=SharePoint When I change the API version from 15 (which is default ) to 14 is working again. I guess an update might coause the issue. Connecting to a sharepoint site is working - or a specific file in OneDrive4B , only when using above path to personal OneDrive Can you please check?

jmcosi · ‎03-09-2017

I have several visualizations that work in desktop mode but appear blank after publishing. These worked at one point in time but now they no longer work. Sometimes you can see the data for a split second and then it disappears. Or, if I close my browser and re-open the report on the web, the data shows momentarily but disappears if the page refreshes. Everything else in the report publishes as expected. I've tried re-creating these particular visuals multiple times but always get the same result. This is occuring with both a line graph and KPI visual (though these work with other measures).

MattAllington · ‎03-25-2018

I have observed an issue with Quick Measures for some users. Specifially today March 2018 version of Desktop screen resolution 2560 x 1440 Windows Task Bar set so it doesn't auto hide When Adding a quick measure, the OK button is hidden behind the task bar.

Anonymous · ‎05-14-2019

Hello everyone! I am using Power BI Desktops and Power BI Reports Server. Problem occurs when I am sending the link for a report via mobile app: (Ios 12.3 phone, PBI lastest version from the AppStore installed) When I send over a link via email, over Imessenger or sms: User receives a link and report description. If user attempts to open it, the following issues arise: Using computer: user gets into a cloud version of PBI, or gets a list of reports on the server, but the report itself wouldn’t open. Using mobile: The AppStore link opens up, user gets a dialog window “install/open” PBI app and then a list of reports on the server app comes up When link is sent via WhatsApp messenger: only a window screenshot is sent. I would like a screenshot to be sent with a report link attached to it. Also, I would like to open a link and get straight to the report itself, ideally with filters. The situation is similar with Android phone and latest version from PlayMarket. However, in apps I tested so far, screenshot is sent with a link. When clicking the link, the behavior would be identical to IOS, screenshot is sent only. So here I also would like it to do the following: Receive the screenshot with a link and when I hit the link I would like to get straight to the report, preferably with filters.

KyleWilliamsBMI · ‎06-05-2018

When exporting from a Table in Power BI to Excel, the measure name is returned in the Excel table column header, instead of the friendly name of the column the end user sees in the Power BI report. However, if you export to csv, the friendly name is returned. Any way the friendly name could be returned when exporting to Excel? Seems like this might be an oversight, since the measure isn't actually exported to the Excel table, just the value...

osmandfernando · ‎05-06-2018

I am a windows insider and after the latest update last week, my power BI desktop application's menus (File, Home etc etc) not fucntioning, I can add pages do analysis even save using short cut but Menus are not working. Please help

Quiny_Harl · ‎02-01-2023

When a dimension field parameter is used in a matrix visual that has more than one expanadable rows, the visual is collapsed to the level of the field parameter whenever I make a selection from the field parameter slicer. Consider the following matrix, where COST_PERIOD is the dynamic field and TEST PARAMETER is the slicer that controls that field: As you can see, the table is expanded to tge level of Vendor Name. Now, when I make another selection fron the TEST PARAMETER slicer, the table is automatically collapsed to the level of the COST_PERIOD field and I have to expand everything all over again:

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Data Colors Change in Service vs Desktop (different color priorities)

Custom Label doesn`t work

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Report canvas backgrounds changed when publishing report to service

Custom data colors reverting to default colors in the service.

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