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Red217
Helper III
Helper III

Get PowerBI Desktop to run faster on Server 2019

Hey All, 

 

i have PowerBI Desktop installed on a Server 2019, 

a strong machine with 16 cores + 64GB RAM

 

its still working slow 😞 

+

when checking , i barely see the PBI using 5% 

how can i make it "use more of the power" of the machine ? 

 

thanks

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amitchandak
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Super User

@Red217 , Go to File → Options and Settings → Options -> Data Load

and increase data cache management . Increase it 10 GB

 

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what really helped is to disable " background data load" + i changed back the "infrastructure update" ( so it will use CSharp and not Edge), much better now

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