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Hi,
I have a pbis that weights 8MB and, when I open it with Power BI Desktop, my CPU RAM rises to 800 MB and suddenly the application closes without showing any error messages.
What is the problem?
Thanks!
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Hi @bebeto,
Please try to disable the option
allow data preview to download in the background
and check if this issue persists or not.
Here is a blog which describes this option. Please refer to the link below.
https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2016/12/05/power-query-power-bi-and-the-allow-data-preview-to-download-...
Regards,
Charlie Liao
Hi @bebeto,
Please try to disable the option
allow data preview to download in the background
and check if this issue persists or not.
Here is a blog which describes this option. Please refer to the link below.
https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2016/12/05/power-query-power-bi-and-the-allow-data-preview-to-download-...
Regards,
Charlie Liao
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