Navigating PBIX File Corruption: A User’s Guide to Restoring Power BI pbix files

Engaging Steps to Fix PBIX File Corruption

Dealing with a corrupted PBIX file can be a daunting task, especially when you’ve put a lot of work into your Power BI project. But fear not! Here are some steps to help you navigate this challenge:

1. Retrieve from Power BI Service: If you’ve uploaded your PBIX file to the Power BI Service, you can retrieve the file directly from there.

2. Try an Older Power BI Version: In some cases, installing an older version of Power BI and attempting to open the corrupted file with it can rectify the problem.

PBIX corruption happened inside the Pbix file while save it and once we reopen it the following error message happened.

'C:\BACKUP\****.pbix' is corrupted and can't be opened by Power BI Desktop.
Stack Trace:
at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Windows.Storage.FileOpenError.HandleError(IWindowService windowService, LocalizedString title)
at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.CommandLineFileService.TryOpenOrCreateReport(IPowerBIWindowService windowService, IExceptionHandler exceptionHandler, Boolean forceCreate)
at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Program.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.<RunApplicationLegacy>b__0()
at Microsoft.PowerBI.Client.Windows.IExceptionHandlerExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass3_0.<HandleExceptionsWithNestedTasks>b__0()
at Microsoft.Mashup.Host.Document.ExceptionHandlerExtensions.HandleExceptions(IExceptionHandler exceptionHandler, Action action)
Stack Trace Message:
'C:\BACKUP\*****.pbix' is corrupted and can't be opened by Power BI Desktop.
Invocation Stack Trace:
at 
InnerException2.Stack Trace Message:
Not a valid zip file. Broken zip file structure

We need to understand that pbix file is type of compassion state as structure by using winrar tool kit and converting the pbix file to zip option

And then extract all new files from new compession state and compress again to rar and rename the file to pbix and your file will open fine.

Final Result report open file without anyissues