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Posted on 29 Jan 2024 11:29:39 by 30

Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

 

Does anyone have any advice about this error?

 

It happens intermittently when running flows to export/embed Power BI reports as a png or as a ppt, not always on the same pages of the PowerPoint or at the same time. We've checked credentials and Power BI loading which could cause it to throttle, drawing a blank.

 

This only started happening a fortnight or so ago, until then I hadn't seen the error.

 

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  • mcumis Profile Picture
    30 on 08 Feb 2024 at 11:20:15
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi all

     

    We've stress tested the fix (a 40+ page Power BI report exported to PowerPoint every ten minutes for almost 24 hours, through Power Automate) and haven't seen errors in any of the exports.

     

    Hopefully others are finding the same, thanks to everyone who responded

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    30 on 07 Feb 2024 at 09:38:21
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi all

     

    As per this thread Solved: Re: Export to PDF - random pages not showing up - Microsoft Fabric Community

     

    A fix has been applied by Microsoft. We are doing some testing of the flows and will monitor it for a while but hopefully once that's done we can close this thread.

  • sgopalsamy Profile Picture
    2 on 06 Feb 2024 at 12:59:30
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi, I have been experiencing this issue for pdf, png reports exported via Power Automate cloud action. Is there any recommended workaround for Power Automate cloud to mitigate this issue?

  • danielbel501 Profile Picture
    5 on 06 Feb 2024 at 02:26:28
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Yes, I have the same issue and the problem is that it happens random, so is not sure that in going to happens or not.

     

    Any recommendation for that?

  • Lozzahoff Profile Picture
    10 on 05 Feb 2024 at 23:38:38
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi,

    I've had the same problem for a few weeks now. My API export through Powershell is littered with blank pages whereas all of last year it was a dream, this occurs on both pdf and powerpoint export both through the api and if you run them manually through the browser. I've had to resort to running another powershell script to cycle through the 80+ extracted powerpoints looking for blank pages so I know which ones I have to re-run....  

     

  • andythomas Profile Picture
    8 on 05 Feb 2024 at 13:54:20
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Just to add some further details, we can also replicate this issue when using the Export to PowerPoint (as image) functionality within PowerBI:

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    And also when using email subscriptions with PowerPoint attachments, set up within PowerBI itself.

    This means we're seeing this problem occur across many different areas

    • PowerAutomate PowerBI connector
    • Export to File PowerBI REST API calls
    • Manual export within the PowerBI interface
    • Email subscriptions within PowerBI
  • andythomas Profile Picture
    8 on 02 Feb 2024 at 15:35:27
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    As well as using the PowerAutomate connector, this issue is also occurring for us when calling the PowerBI "Export To File in Group" REST API directly (Reports - Export To File In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn)

     

    Like others in this thread, we're also seeing this occur on random PNG exports, PDF pages and PPTX pages. The PowerBI audit records show the related activities but don't give any indication of anything different about the failed export runs.

     

    We have an active support ticket with Microsoft who are investigating.

  • WhitmarkEA Profile Picture
    16 on 02 Feb 2024 at 12:56:38
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Nice! If only my company would allow us to install the desktop app..  (Cuz, security!!)

  • R_Doh Profile Picture
    8 on 01 Feb 2024 at 19:11:20
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi @AdrianSko , 

     

    Sure, although I am afraid there is not much to it (Also, I should clarify that I am talking about Power Automate Desktop).

    For testing purposes, I did it in the dumbest way possible, which means using browser automation to click on every page available in the page navigation pane of the PBI report before exporting to PDF. I did not even bother to make sure that every report page fully loaded before switching to the next one, as I was just curious to test whether I would see any change whatsoever. 

    Since then, I did not encounter any blank pages, but again, this could very much just be a coincidence. Even then, I would very much prefer if the Power BI team fixed it in the background, so that I don’t have to use “brute-force” methods like this. 

  • AdrianSko Profile Picture
    10 on 01 Feb 2024 at 17:38:11
    Re: Power BI / Power Automate "This content isn't available"

    Hi @R_Doh Could you please explain how you did it?

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