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Vamsi_468
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1 year ago
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Report Downloading Issue from Power BI service

I have created a report in the workspace, which i have admin access in the power BI service(fabric). I am not able to download that particular report or  reports in that workspace. But, i have copied...
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  • nandic's avatar
    nandic
    1 year ago

    Anonymous could you sharescreenshot?
    After running that API, if it responded with code 200 it means everything is fine. 
    The original report would still not be downloadable, but the new report that you published has now completelly the same layour/design/functionality as the original report.
    And this one you can download and later republish (override) the original file.

    Here is detailed version on the blog: https://data-trekking.com/2025/02/20/how-to-download-a-non-downloadable-report-from-power-bi-service/

    Cheers,
    Nemanja

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nandic
Resident Rockstar
1 year ago

Vamsi_468 , there is a nice trick that i use in this case.

Steps:
1. create a new report via power bi desktop application. Connect to same dataset as the report you can't download from Power BI Service. Publish this report to same workspace as the report that can't be downloaded

2. get workspace ID, ID of non-downloadable report, ID of the new report


3. go to Power BI Rest API "Update report content in group" -  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/reports/update-report-content-in-group

4. click on button "Try it"

5. connect using same credentials you use to connect to power bi service

6. Populate parameters
groupId = workspace id
reportId = ID of new report that you published

Body script:
{
“sourceReport”: {
“sourceReportId”: “abc12345-123a-123b-1234-abc123abc123“,
“sourceWorkspaceId”: “abc12345-123a-123b-1234-abc123abc123“
},
“sourceType”: “ExistingReport”
}

Comment:
sourceReportId = ID of non-downloadable report
sourceWorkspaceId = workspace ID

Once you click on run, it will copy the content of non-downloadable report to the new report.
The new report will be downloadable as it has been published via Power BI desktop application.

Cheers,
Nemanja

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Anonymous
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1 year ago

I did it and I get a succesful run but nothing has changed. What else can I try? 

  • nandic's avatar
    nandic
    Resident Rockstar
    1 year ago

    Anonymous could you sharescreenshot?
    After running that API, if it responded with code 200 it means everything is fine. 
    The original report would still not be downloadable, but the new report that you published has now completelly the same layour/design/functionality as the original report.
    And this one you can download and later republish (override) the original file.

    Here is detailed version on the blog: https://data-trekking.com/2025/02/20/how-to-download-a-non-downloadable-report-from-power-bi-service/

    Cheers,
    Nemanja