The Project File Cannot be Loaded

[MWilson929]

Hi,

I'm trying to open the Power BI Embedded visual studio solution to build the sample web app. However the project files fail to load. I'm getting the below error message;

\power-bi-embedded-integrate-report-into-web-app-master\EmbedSample\EmbedSample.csproj : error : Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: url

Can anyone advise how to resolve this issue?

Many Thanks,

Mark

[wbreza]

What version of Visual Studio are you using? The sample should work with VS 2013 and above.

[MWilson929]

Hi,

I'm using VS2015;

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Shell (Integrated)
Version 14.0.23107.0 D14REL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.6.01038

Installed Version: IDE Standard

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2015 00322-10000-00000-AA576
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2015

Visual Basic 2015 00322-10000-00000-AA576
Microsoft Visual Basic 2015

Visual C# 2015 00322-10000-00000-AA576
Microsoft Visual C# 2015

SQL Server Analysis Services 13.0.1601.5
Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Designer
Version 13.0.1601.5

SQL Server Data Tools 14.0.60525.0
Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools

SQL Server Integration Services
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Designer
Version 13.0.1601.5

SQL Server Reporting Services 13.0.1601.5
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Designers
Version 13.0.1601.5

[wbreza]

Are you cloning the git repo or downloading the source zip? We haven't been able to reproduce this issue. One issue we have seen is that the Nuget packages fail to restore when the repo is within a long file path.

[MWilson929]

Downloading the source zip. I've since installed visual studio community 2015 and been able to build the solution.

I recently installed SQL Server 2016 so perhaps the issue was related to that version?!

Thanks for your help