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bsheffer
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5 years ago
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Getting error when trying to download a pbix

Can't export to Power BI Desktop format we couldn't export to .pbix format. Please try again later or contact support, if you contact support please provide these details.   Activity ID: 1902ad8f...
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    bsheffer
    5 years ago

    That MS doc needs to be updated.  Folks here's the result of my testing.

    I created a report with its own data source so it would publish to the same workspace as the report.

    then I made a copy of that report

    Then I create in the desktop a new report that used that published shared datasource and published it to the same workspace

    Then I made a copy of that report on the service.


    Results:

    Any report, copy or not, that had its datasource in that workspace downloaded the pbix successfully.  A report with a shared datasource, in that workspace or not, that had been published to the workspace downloaded its pbix successfully.  However any report that was a copy of a report whose datasource was in another workspace failed to download successfully.


    Therefore you can download the pbix of a report as long as:

    1)  the report is a copy and has its datasource in that workspace

    2)  is not a copy and has been published, even if its datasource is in another workspace.

     

    I have not tested any new reports created solely on the service.