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bebeto
Helper III
Helper III

High RAM consumption

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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v-caliao-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @bebeto,

 

Please try to disable the option
allow data preview to download in the background
and check if this issue persists or not.
large.jpg

 

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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v-caliao-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @bebeto,

 

Please try to disable the option
allow data preview to download in the background
and check if this issue persists or not.
large.jpg

 

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

Thanks @v-caliao-msft!!

 

It solved my problem!

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