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Hi All,
I have a PBI Report that uses excel file on the network, i can refresh the data using desktop, publish and the data set is refreshing fine in the PBI Service, but the users are gettting the error "Cannot load data model". I checked the folder security and they have all permissions. Please advice.
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@StefanoGrimaldi Thanks. I opened the report in my desktop and clicked on the roles and found 2 roles, i deleted and published it to the workspace and now the users dont see the error
Thanks
take a picture on the power bi desktop of the roles configuration just to make sure theres no role assigned, also check on the power bi service theres a tenant or workspace option that enable the need of a obligatory role for the dataset if not returns empty data,
try to load a new blank model and see if the errorcontinue with the new one,
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@StefanoGrimaldi Thanks. I opened the report in my desktop and clicked on the roles and found 2 roles, i deleted and published it to the workspace and now the users dont see the error
Thanks
perfect, please if this solved your problem mark as solution for others users to find this solution,
grad it helped.
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