cannot download live connection reports after git sync

[tvm23]

After syncing GIT to our feature workspace, all live connection reports cannot be downloaded anymore. All 'normal' reports without the live connection are available for downloading. We have this issues for the past 4 days, before that we had no issue with this. 

To be sure we checked to see if there were new limitation on downloading reports (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/service-export-to-pbix#limitations-when-do... ) but nothing of this list applies to our reports.

Interesting is that the workspace to the develop branch still works and we can download from there. But all our feature workspaces for some reason do not work anymore. 

What I have tried and did not work: 

• create new branch in Azure devops based on develop and sync again
• create new workspace in Power BI and sync anew
• change definition file myself as part of the Power BI update from August
• upload desktop file to workspace, will not see any difference in working develop branch and not working feature branch

If anybody knows if this is a bug or is having the same issues, please let me know!

PS. I know how to recover the files, but if we have to upload all the reports again for every new feature branch, I will loose my mind 😛 

[tvm23]

Just an update! 

I have created a ticket with Microsoft for this issue and it has not been solved yet!

[v-dineshya]

Hi @tvm23 ,

Thank you for the response. please share the support ticket link or Service request number , it will help us to check the current status of the thread. 

Regards,

Dinesh

[v-dineshya]

Hi @tvm23 ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community Forum.

Hi @rohit1991 , @jainesh-1  Thank you for your prompt responses.

Hi @tvm23 , In addition to @rohit1991   and  @jainesh-1 responses , I am adding community threads and Known  issues portal link. 

Please refer below.

Solved: Live Connection Report download - Microsoft Fabric Community

Solved: Branch out to new workspace live report download i... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Solved: Issue in power bi report when i am trying to downl... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Solved: Download report with Power BI Service live connect... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Cannot download .pbix -- "Power BI datasets" live ... - Microsoft Fabric Community

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.

Regards,

Dinesh

[tvm23]

Hi @v-dineshya , 

Thank you so much for the urls to the other posts! 
Unfortunatly, these are not the same as the issue I am having and I could not find anything about this in the known issues or service outages. 

I will create a Microsoft support ticket for it, as @jainesh-1  suggested.

Still curious if other people had this issue as well! Please leave a comment if you have!

[v-dineshya]

Hi @tvm23 ,

We are following up to inquire whether you have raised the support ticket. If you have already done so, we kindly request you to share your feedback regarding the issue raised.In case a solution has been provided, we would be grateful if you could share it with the community. This will assist others facing similar challenges and benefit the wider community. If you need any more assistance, please feel free to connect with the Microsoft Fabric community.

Regards,

Dinesh

[jainesh-1]

Hey @tvm23,

The August update introduced changes around Git integration and live connection handling. MS has acknowledged issues—raise a support ticket if it persists.

Workaround – At the moment the only reliable workaround is to export/download the PBIX from your develop branch workspace (where it still works) and then re-publish it into the feature branch. It’s a bit of extra effort, but until Microsoft fixes the Git + live connection bug, that’s the only consistent way to recover the files.

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Best Regards,
Jainesh Poojara | Power BI Developer

[tvm23]

Hi @jainesh-1 , 

Do you have some links to where MS acknowledges this issue?

[tvm23]

Hi @RH , 

Thank you for your swift reply! 

Have you seen this issue somewhere else in the community or known issues? Can you maybe share some links that describe this issue? I would love to show my managers where the problem lies.

The workaround is not ideal, as we work with a team of 9 people that all work in feature branches. That would mean that we have to upload all reports to all 9 workspaces, everytime we work on a new feature.

[rohit1991]

Hi @tvm23 

It’s not your setup,it looks more like a service side issue after the August update. Live connection reports can’t be exported anymore once synced with feature branches, while normal reports still work.

What you can try for now:

• Stick to downloading from your develop branch workspace (seems to work fine).
• If you must work in feature branches, the only workaround is re-uploading the report PBIX manually.
• Keep an eye on the Power BI release notes  this looks like a bug introduced recently, not a limitation change.