Power BI with Git. Is Visual Studio code mandatory?

[RossEdwards]

I'm testing out using GIT for source control with Power BI.  I've saved out a project into PBIP and placed it into a C:\ repository folder.  My computer is already configured with GIT for windows and I've been able to successfully take my PBIP files and sync them to my Azure Dev Ops.

When my Power BI Workspace attempts to sync the file from Azure DevOps, the process fails with an error:

Workload Error Code Workload_MissingFileFromDefinition

Workload Error Message The following file was not found: 'FlowVisual_C29F1DCC_81F5_4973_94AD_0517D44CC06A/resources/FlowVisual_C29F1DCC_81F5_4973_94AD_0517D44CC06A'

The model appears in the workspace listing, in a status of uncomitted, but not the report.

All of the instructions to setting up this process use Visual Studio code.  Does Visual Studio do something special with Power BI Projects?

If no, the other notable things with this project file:

* Model uses a Power BI Data Flow (Gen 1) as a source.

* Report contains 1 custom visual (Drill DownTimeSeries PRO by ZoomCharts).

I checked the limitations found here: Power BI Desktop projects (PBIP) - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

None of those applied to this file.

[RuiRomanoMS]

It seems like you have a private custom visual (FlowVisual_C29F1DCC_81F5_4973_94AD_0517D44CC06) being referenced in report.json that no longer exists.

Please check if your report is referencing any custom visual and that the custom visual exists in \CustomVisuals\...

[RossEdwards]

The only custom visual in our project is Drill Down TimeSeries PRO by ZoomCharts.

Opening the project in Power BI Desktop does give a message "This report contains a custom visual that needs to be saved. Planning to work offline? Save it first, while you're online."  It doesn't provide any instructions on what it means. Saving the pbip file does nothing.  The ... menu on the visuals don't provide any obvious action.

I've tried adding the visual to the project again, its detected that there is an updated version, which i've allowed it to update.  This has had no effect and the error still comes up:
"

Workload Error Message The following file was not found: 'FlowVisual_C29F1DCC_81F5_4973_94AD_0517D44CC06A/resources/FlowVisual_C29F1DCC_81F5_4973_94AD_0517D44CC06A'

Time Wed Sep 20 2023 08:38:38 GMT+1000 (Australian Eastern Standard Time)"

My guess is i need to understand what this saving of the visual offline means.  Power BI isn't being helpful here.

[RuiRomanoMS]

Sorry that you are having a bad experience, but looks like the report.json got into a faulty situation or there is a bug with the PBIP format and custom visuals.

Can you please share with me a version of the FlowVisual custom visual .pbiviz file? Or a version of your PBIX/PBIP?

[Jerminator]

I have this same issue.

It looks like the issue occrus only with Custom Visuals. I have multiple reports that I am converting to pbip files and loading into an ADO repo that is connected to my PBI workspace. The reports that do not use custom visuals have had no problems. However, any report with custom visuals run into this issue.

I can see the CustomVisuals folder in my .Report directory:

and I see all the custom visual files within that folder:

It seems like when syncing with PBI workspace, it is unable to locate the files in the /CustomVisuals/

[RossEdwards]

Rui and I looked into our one further and it turned out the culprit is the Power Automate visual.  It was originally a custom visual but was brought into Power BI as a standard visual. Something about that has caused a problem.  We will need to wait for a fix to be deployed along with a Power BI Desktop update.  I haven't tried the latest version, so i'm unsure if the fix is there yet.

[Jerminator]

Thank you,

I'm not sure if this was the a similar situation. We have several Custom Visuals in the report. I rebuilt the report, using the same visuals, and I am no longer getting the error when synching the workspace to ADO repo. There was only one visual that I needed to add, but it did not create the same CustomVisuals folder in the .report directory. It might be that the rest of the visuals are now standard.

[RossEdwards]

Happy to provide the PBIP. Usually when i'm dealing with Microsoft support i get emailed an upload link.  Ross.Edwards@stanwell.com is my address if you can shoot me the link, i'll upload the file.

[RossEdwards]

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