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prathyoo
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4 years ago

Automated export of PBIX and RDL files from workspaces to sharepoint

Hi,   We have around 120 PBIX and RDL reports distributed in around 8 workspaces. These RDL and PBIX files are handled by different DEV teams and do undergo changes and refinements over time. So, w...
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tfrank0910
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10 months ago

prathyoo Thank you for this, it's really helpful! I'm trying to implement but I keep getting an error saying the file is encrypted or corrupted. Any thoughts? Would you be able to share additional screenshots of your setup? I'm wondering if I'm missing a step or setting.

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prathyoo
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10 months ago

That is the issue with any Power BI report created directly from the Power BI service. You will notice that in the Power BI service, you cannot download those report PBIX. My solution only works for Power BI reports that were created and published using Power BI Desktop.

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    tfrank0910
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    10 months ago

    These were created and published through PowerBi Desktop. I've tried multiple reports and it happens with all of them. I even created a new one with a simple data set and a single table just to make sure it wasn't some sort of size limitation but that failed too.