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alex_k
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Circular Dependency Refresh Error in Service but not Desktop

I suddenly started receiving a circular dependency refresh error on a semantic model in service after never having the issue before and without making any recent changes to the model. When I download the pbix file there is no circular dependency error to be found and the file is able to refresh data successfully. Has anybody had this issue before and/or know of a fix?

 

For reference this is the refresh error:

On demand1/31/2024, 11:25:52 AM1/31/2024, 11:25:55 AMFailedThere was an error when processing the data in the dataset.
Data source error:A circular dependency was detected: Weekly Demonstrated Capacity (Dyeing)[Weekly Demonstrated Capacity (Dyeing)-d24b1c29-b175-4b88-95d8-0a1681a31bff], 12 Week Production (Dyeing)[Dye Line], 12 Week Production (Dyeing)[12 Week Production (Dyeing)-765b30db-120f-47ec-971e-a0d304a5ff29], d9b75eba-15a2-4009-88f0-5641aff4606b, Weekly Demonstrated Capacity (Dyeing)[WeekEnd], Weekly Demonstrated Capacity (Dyeing)[Weekly Demonstrated Capacity (Dyeing)-d24b1c29-b175-4b88-95d8-0a1681a31bff].
  
  
  
  
  
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aj1973
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Hi @alex_k 

It could be a DAX measure that is causing the circular dependency and is detected by the Service and not the Desktop.

Avoiding circular dependency errors in DAX - SQLBI

 

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