Dax Studio is constantly disconnecting

Hi danielpitz 

This "constant disconnecting" in DAX Studio is almost always due to 1 of these 3 reasons:

1. Elevation Mismatch - Most Common Fix
If Power BI Desktop is running as Admin and DAX Studio is NOT, or vice versa, Windows kills the local connection.

Fix: Close both.
Right click > Run both Power BI Desktop AND DAX Studio either both as Admin OR both NOT as Admin.
Best practice: Run both normally without Admin.

2. Antivirus / VPN killing local connection
Endpoint security tools kill the local loopback connection to msmdsrv.exe after few seconds of idle.

Fix: Temporarily disable AV/VPN and test.
If it works, add these 2 to AV exclusion:
1. msmdsrv.exe
2. DAXStudio.exe

3. Windows Efficiency Mode / Background Throttling
Windows suspends PBI Desktop when it's not in focus.

Fix: Task Manager > Details > Right click PowerBI.exe > Set Efficiency Mode OFF
Also: Settings > Apps > Background apps > Turn OFF "Let apps run in background" restrictions for Power BI

4. Update DAX Studio
There were bugs in older versions that caused frequent reconnects.
Download latest: https://daxstudio.org

Try point 1 first. That fixes it 80% of the time.

You don't need Admin mode for logging to work. But both apps must be at same elevation level.

Let me know which one worked!