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Serkan Demirhan
Serkan Demirhan

Reputation: 63

Importing existing power desktop pbix file into workspace on Azure portal

I am getting an error when I try to follow the steps to run PowerBI using the sample solution located in PowerBI-CSharp, when importing the PBIX Desktop file into my workspace on Azure (which is the second step and 6 item in the console provisioning app )

Error message does not say anything helpful: "Ooops, something broke: A task was canceled."

I tried with different PBIX files and even different workspaces in different times, no luck yet.

Currently I am using visual studio 2015 64 bit (planning to try with VS 2013 in near future).

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2090

Answers (3)

jervtub
jervtub

Reputation: 337

I faced the same issue some time ago. Multiple things were going wrong.

First, the PBIX file I attempted to upload resided on a remote Hard Drive linked in my LAN network. The 'Getting-started' app did not have permissions to read the file. I fixed this by copying the PBIX file to my personal desktop.

Second, make sure to fill in the correct data required before-hand in the program. Edit the file power-bi-embedded-integrate-report-into-web-app/ProvisionSample/App.config to save your personal settings. This will give fast reproduction of running the code.

<!-- The Power BI API Endpoint -->
<add key="powerBiApiEndpoint" value="https://api.powerbi.com" />
<!-- The Azure Resource Manager API Endpoint-->
<add key="azureApiEndpoint" value="https://management.azure.com" />
<!-- Your Azure subscription ID -->
<add key="subscriptionId" value="" />
<!-- The Azure resource group name -->
<add key="resourceGroup" value="" />
<!-- The Power BI Workspace Collection Name -->
<add key="workspaceCollectionName" value="" />
<!-- The Power BI Workspace Collection Access Key -->
<add key="accessKey" value="" />
<!-- The Power BI Workspace-->
<add key="workspaceId" value="" />
<!-- Credentials to connect to datasource within Power BI -->
<add key="username" value="" />
<add key="password" value="" />

Note the last two values username and password are not required for uploading a PBIX file. All other values subscriptionId, resourceGroup, workspaceCollectionName, accessKey and workspaceId are a must. All this information can be found on the Azure cloud in the PowerBI workspace collection tile.

Third, make sure the workspaceId you are uploading to does not already contain a PBIX file. As far as I am concerned, it is not possible to replace a PBIX file on a workspace and therefore a new workspace must be created to upload the PBIX file to. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Upvotes: 0

swapnil jadhav
swapnil jadhav

Reputation: 1

I received similar kind of error with a message "file not found". The issue occurs when we do not write ".pbix" extention with the file name. For example: if your power bi file has name "myproject" then while writing the file name in the "File name" option give name with extension as "myproject.pbix".

Upvotes: 0

vishal yadav
vishal yadav

Reputation: 21

I also had same issue. I solved it by performing following steps:

1) creating simple .pbix file using Power BI desktop. 2) Save it on your harddisk 3) then try to upload it using console provisioning app.

Hope this will help!!

Upvotes: 1

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