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Models not supported in Power BI Report Server
Your Solution is so great d_gosbell
Hi, MartinFM
As Super User said, you're confusing the two versions. You encountered this error when you opened a report that Power BI desktop did not have with the RS version in the RS version of Power BI desktop.
Your report contains a composite data source, which is an unsupported data source type in Power BI Report Server.
This isn't a bug with Power BI report server. It's just that you opened a report that wasn't part of the RS version of Power BI desktop.
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Jianpeng Li
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I am not confusing the two versions. I am absolutely clear about the two versions. In fact, I am not using the cloud version of Power BI Desktop so it should be pretty difficult to confuse them.
Let me reiterate:
I am using the Power BI Desktop version with RS on the icon that is targeted at the Report Server version (January 2021). So both server and Power BI Desktop client is version January 2021.
I have created the model in the mentioned Power BI Desktop version, I have deployed the report including the model to the report server, the report works fine and is running as we speak. When I try to open the report in Power BI Desktop (January 2021 version with the RS on the logo), I get an error that the client does not support the report anymore.
Br, Martin
Hi, MartinFM
Thank you very much for your reply. I made a simple PBIX file and opened it with Power BI Desktop RS to reproduce your error:
The main cause of this error is when I open a report in mix mode in Power BI desktop RS version. It has nothing to do with the Power BI desktop RS version. Because I'm using the May 2024 version.
You can open your report with the desktop version without RS to check if it is in mix mode.
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Jianpeng Li
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Anonymous - you obviously have not read the thread fully and are really not helping here. We've already clarified that MartinFM is NOT using the cloud version of desktop.
This sounds like it was probably a bug with the old Jan 21 version and since this has not been available for download for a number of years now the impact is probably very limited.
Hi, MartinFM
In addition to the one above, your report may use a many-to-many relationship. In the changelog, many-to-many relationship reports are supported starting in January 2024.
Change log for Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
You can open it with the standard version and check the model relationships inside:
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Jianpeng Li
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