Colleague unable to export .pbix file from shared workspace

[BIfanatic]

Hi everyone,

As the title states, my colleague is unable to export the .pbix file of reports/datasets from a shared app workspace, even though the app can be edited by anyone who has access. He receives the error 404 (see below), but no specific feedback is given. The reports have been published recently from PBI Desktop. We both have Pro licenses.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

And what are currently the best practices on sharing datasets? I do not want to store .pbix files on a local drive. That seems way too old-fashioned.

Thanks for your feedback!

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Kan niet exporteren naar de Power BI Desktop-indeling
Kan niet exporteren naar de .pbix-indeling.
Please try again later or contact support. If you contact support, please provide these details.
Activiteits-id: abcdfe86-197a-45c7-90de-3503c6f3aa57
Aanvraag-id: 7527980d-5b2f-56bd-e167-2c6e8d568737
Correlatie-id: 06d1abea-ec7c-d474-6873-6f3d4d8aa892
Statuscode: 404
Tijd: Mon Mar 18 2019 10:43:07 GMT+0100 (Midden-Europese standaardtijd)
Versie: 13.0.8730.162
URI cluster: https://wabi-west-europe-redirect.analysis.windows.net

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[v-lili6-msft · Accepted solution]

hi, @BIfanatic 

Please check these:

There are a few important considerations and limitations associated with downloading (exporting) a .pbix file from Power BI service.

• To download the file, you must have edit access to the report
• The report must have been created using Power BI Desktop and been published to the Power BI service, or the .pbix must have been uploaded to the service.
• Reports must be published or updated after November 23, 2016. Reports published prior to then are not downloadable.
• This feature will not work with reports originally created in the Power BI service, including content packs.
• You should always be using the latest version of Power BI Desktop when opening downloaded files. Downloaded .pbix files may not open in non-current versions of Power BI Desktop.
• If your administrator has turned off the ability to export data, this feature will not be visible in the Power BI service.
• Dataset with incremental refresh can't be downloaded to a .pbix file.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-export-to-pbix

Best Regards,
Lin

[BIfanatic]

@v-lili6-msft 

Thanks for your extensive reply. I am going to check all of these bullets with my colleague. My first thought is that it might be possible that our administrator has turned off the export of data.

If that is it, I will mark your reply as solution.

[v-lili6-msft]

hi, @BIfanatic 

Could you please tell me if your problem has been solved? If it is, could you please mark the helpful replies as Answered?

Best Regards,

Lin

[Anonymous]

Hi @BIfanatic ,

Can you Please check, your collegue has edit permission on that workspace?

If yes, tehn only he can download, or check the admin permission is there or not to export .pbix file.

Thanks,

Amit

[BIfanatic]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Yes, he has edit permission. All members do.

What do you mean with your last sentence? Admin permission as in 365 admin portal?

[Anonymous]

Hi @BIfanatic ,

Not sure, but you can check, only author/owner of the dataset can download the pbix file.

May be your collegue is not the author for same and hence , he is not able to downlaod the pbix file.

Thanks,
Amit

[BIfanatic]

@Anonymous 

Hi,

I do not think that your claim is true. You should be able to share datasets if those people have edit permissions. But you should indeed also take into account the list that @v-lili6-msft provided.