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Help with hardware requirements
For my job I'm in charge of implementing a Bi to in order to analyze register data of over 200 retail stores. We have gather register data on a PostgreSQL dating back to 2016. I've successfully connected PowerBi desktop to the PostgreSQL database but when I load different tables it has to collect over 100 million rows of data. This takes a lot of computing power on the CPU and RAM. Since i'm still on a trial version I havent been able to conclude if PowerBI desktop still uses a lot of computing power once the data is loaded. Could someone tell me if the recommended requirements from MS are enough for a data set like this, or do I need more, and what options I should use to minimize the computing power once the data is loaded.
Best regards,
Christiaan
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v-jiascu-msftMicrosoft Employee
Hi Christiaan,
The requirements from the link are the minimum requirements. I'm afraid that isn't enough for you. Other than the powerful hardware, please also refer to power-bi-reports-performance and visuals/power-bi-visualization-best-practices .
BTW, I would suggest you create a Data Warehouse that can take some work away from Power BI Desktop. For example, some ETL work.
Best Regards,