Microsoft 365 Alert – Service Degradation – Power BI – Users may encounter issues with visuals containing duplicate native reference names in Microsoft Power BI queries – RESOLVED

Announcements Arpan Das

04/08/2025 15:15:00 PM

NHSmail Reference: INC46596118

Microsoft Reference: PB1128858

Issue Status: RESOLVED

Issue Description: Users may encounter issues with visuals containing duplicate native reference names in Microsoft Power BI queries.

More info: As a workaround, users may be able to rename lower case “FM ratio” to something else to remove the duplicate.

Final Update: 19/08/2025 08:30:00 AM –The fix deployment is complete, and Microsoft have confirmed from service telemetry that this issue is resolved.

Scope of impact: Impact is specific to suers hosted through the affected infrastructure, and any user attempting to view visuals containing duplicate native reference names in Power BI queries may be impacted.

Root cause: A recent code change is causing issues with visuals containing duplicate native reference names in Power BI queries.

Next steps: Microsoft are reviewing their validation and updating procedures to better detect and prevent issues like this prior to deployment in the future.