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PBIfanatic
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Download report from my workspace

Hi,

 

Is there any option to download a power bi report from "my workspace" that has used the dataset from another workspace? I have build this report using a dataset in a workspace and published it to my workspace. thanks.

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Hi~ @PBIfanatic 

 

I tested the environment you said in two cases. The first case is as Greg said, when we use Power BI Desktop to connect the dataset to create a report and publish it to my workspace, we can export the PBIX file in the service. In another case, we create a report in my workspace directly by using a dataset from other workspaces,  the Download PBIX file option greyed out.

 

If you create a Power BI report based on a dataset in one workspace and publish to a different workspace, you and your users won't be able to download it. The download feature is not supported in this scenario.

 

I hope this document helps: Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

which lists considerations and limitations.

Hope it helps!

 

Best regards,

Community Support Team  CGao

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Anonymous
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Hi~ @PBIfanatic 

 

I tested the environment you said in two cases. The first case is as Greg said, when we use Power BI Desktop to connect the dataset to create a report and publish it to my workspace, we can export the PBIX file in the service. In another case, we create a report in my workspace directly by using a dataset from other workspaces,  the Download PBIX file option greyed out.

 

If you create a Power BI report based on a dataset in one workspace and publish to a different workspace, you and your users won't be able to download it. The download feature is not supported in this scenario.

 

I hope this document helps: Download a report from the Power BI service to Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

which lists considerations and limitations.

Hope it helps!

 

Best regards,

Community Support Team  CGao

If this post helps, please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Greg_Deckler
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@PBIfanatic I just tested this and confirmed that you are able to download the PBIX file if you have a published Power BI report in My Workspace with a live connection to a dataset in a different workspace. View the report in the Service and then File | Download the pbix file. If you are not seeing that option it might be turned off in Tenant settings.



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