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It's ok from Desktop but unfortunately not in the service.
Solved! Go to Solution.
Things to look for in your measures would be:
1. Using Filter with a large table -- this loads the whole table then filters it
2. Using Summarize inside a measure also can cause a lot of excess data to be loaded when not needed and optimizing it could help
This Video by SQLBI is a good resource for some potentialy issues that might be happening: Filter columns, not tables, in DAX - YouTube
Optimizing Summarize SQLBI: Optimizing SUMMARIZE by using ADDCOLUMNS - Unplugged #40
Hi @gpielow
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Things to look for in your measures would be:
1. Using Filter with a large table -- this loads the whole table then filters it
2. Using Summarize inside a measure also can cause a lot of excess data to be loaded when not needed and optimizing it could help
This Video by SQLBI is a good resource for some potentialy issues that might be happening: Filter columns, not tables, in DAX - YouTube
Optimizing Summarize SQLBI: Optimizing SUMMARIZE by using ADDCOLUMNS - Unplugged #40
It will be because one of your measures is creating a large data cache. Can't say more without more context. Would need to see data model and measures
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