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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!
Solved! Go to Solution.
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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