Error in PBI Desktop when connecting live to Datasets in the Service

[anselmojg]

Today, the PBI destop is no longer allowing to open .pbix files that are connected (live) to Datasets in the Service (this is for us a routine practice). The error shown is this:

A similar error appears when creating a new report attempting to connect to a Dataset in the Service:

I am not aware of any Admin/security change on our side... Is there any temporary issue in the Sercice????

[anselmojg · Accepted solution]

False alarm! The error message was correct! An AD Group used to limit export activity had just expired.. I am wondering how/if such groups should be non-expiring!
In any case, one more lesson learned..

[v-robertq-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi, @anselmojg 

Glad to hear that you have found the reason for your problem by yourself, here’s a document that explains how to set expiration policy for Microsoft 365 groups in Azure Active Directory, you can take a look:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/enterprise-users/groups-lifecycle

If you find it’s helpful, would you like to mark my reply and your own reply as a solution so that others can learn from it too?

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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

[ibarrau]

Hi. I have just tried this and both are working for me. Please be sure to ask your admin if the "Use datasets across workspaces" option is enabled.

I hope that helps,

[anselmojg · Accepted solution]

False alarm! The error message was correct! An AD Group used to limit export activity had just expired.. I am wondering how/if such groups should be non-expiring!
In any case, one more lesson learned..