Hi,
Everytime I try and refresh my report in PowerBI Desktop I am greeted with this message which appears after 5-10mins of evaluating and trying to create a data connection to the model.
Each time this happens I lose a lot of time before I re-connecting, only then do I see the Refresh screen:
Does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do about it?
The report is massive, 15GB in size so it takes a good 20-30mins to refresh as it is, and thats without the wasted 5-10mins for the first message.
Thanks
Hi,
All three options require a URL to the Sharepoint folder, I'm already using the Sharepoint Folder option with the URL below
= Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents("https://xxxx.sharepoint.com/sites/CEI/Documents/Management%20Information%20and%20KPIs/Adhoc/
I'm not sure what to do?
Can you help?
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