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LeahS
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4 months ago
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External Data Stream issues

On Monday, I was able to refresh my dashboards with external streams without any issues.  Starting yesterday, the external data streams get stuck on "Evaluating".  Does anyone have any ideas on what ...
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  • v-ssriganesh's avatar
    v-ssriganesh
    4 months ago

    Hello LeahS,
    Thank you for your follow‑up.

    Since you're using the built-in Google Analytics (GA4) connector, the request and response handling is managed internally, so you won’t have direct control over how the API payload is structured.

    The error you’re encountering typically occurs when the combination of dimensions, metrics, or query scope results in a complex response that Power Query is unable to process correctly.

    You may try the following:

    • Reduce the number of dimensions and metrics selected
    • Limit the date range further, even if already filtered
    • Avoid high-cardinality fields (e.g: page path, event name, user-level dimensions)
    • Split the query into smaller queries (for example, by date ranges or metric groups)

    For more information on connecting to Google Analytics data using the built‑in connector, please refer to the official documentation below:

    Best regards,
    Ganesh Singamshetty

LeahS's avatar
LeahS
Frequent Visitor
4 months ago

It is two separate external streams.  One is an API and the other is the integrated connection to Google Analytics.  I checked the Google one and all seemed fine.  We are experience some connectivity issues on site, so that may be the cause.