New Version Suffers from Endless Error Loops

[dharland]

The current version of PBI Desktop is loaded with bugs. I can't go 5 minutes without it getting stuck in an endless loop of errors. And the only way to recover is to kill the PBI task via Task Manager. There seems to be no common task, etc. that causes it. Regardless, I've already lost a half-day's worth of work because of it. I HATE being Microsoft's guinea pig.

[v-lid-msft]

Hi @dharland ,

Does this issue have been resolved?Could you please provide more details about it If it still not be resolved? Please don't contain any Confidential Information or Real data in your reply.

Best regards,

[dharland]

The issue still occurs and seems to be related to using the Undo button. If the Undo button is clicked, an an endless loop of errors occurs and the only way to stop it is to kill the process via Task Manager.

And no, this does not occur in previous versions of PBI Desktop and yes, I'm using the latest version.

[v-lid-msft]

Hi @dharland ,

Sorry for that, but we cannot reproduce this issue with undo button in both updated ribbon and old ribbon (version 2.78.5740.721 64-bit), could you please try to reproduce this issue on a small sample report? If it also occur in a small sample, we suggest you to re-install the latest Power BI Desktop.

Best regards,

[v-lid-msft]

Hi @dharland ,

Could you please try to verify if this error happen in the December Version of Power BI Desktop? Does it also happen in other report with the latest version? Could you please share the version number of your Power BI Desktop if it does not contain any confidential information?

Best regards,

[NickSter]

@dharland What version of Power BI desktop did you download, the one from the Microsoft store or from the Microsoft website?

As far as i know these are different versions and for me the Microsoft Store version was very unstable. 

For me this version works better https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/download/details.aspx?id=58494.

You could give it a try by uninstalling the current version and trying the other one.

See this article for more information https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-get-the-desktop.

Let me know if it helped.