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Hi,
I am running into an issue when I try and open my report in the PowerBI desktop app - 'Failed to open report' and then 'Illegal Characters in Path' but when I open the report in my browser, I have no issues. I will paste the details of the error code in the comments. Wondering if this is an issue with PBI service?
Hi @lr86868 ,
Could you please check your queries where you are provding file path. There might be some issue with quotes or apostrophes. Please share query expression for checking this issue in detail.
Thanks,
Pallavi
Hi @lr86868
Have you solved your problem? If so, can you share your solution here or mark the correct answer as a standard answer to help other members find it faster? Thank you very much for your kind cooperation!
Best Regards
Zhengdong Xu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hi @lr86868
I would suggest downloading and installing the latest version of Power BI desktop and see if that solves your issue.
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