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jay_patel
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Not getting all rows while importing data

Hello All,

 

Here I am facing a problem while importing data for 30 lakhs Rows, using data resource (SQL Server), but when i am refreshing the data it's only loading 27 lakhs. Don't know why! Also visited some official website and found that there is a limitations of upto 1GB. But my pbix file is only of size 110 mb.

 

Thanks in advance

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v-robertq-msft
Community Support
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Hi, @jay_patel 

According to my research, here’s the official explanation of the row limitation of Power BI import mode:

Neither Power Query nor Power BI Desktop has a strict limitation on the number of rows.

 

However, when we talk about the 1 GB limitation, you should keep in mind that the hard limit of 1 GB for the .pbix file is the size that can be published to Power BI Service (the .pbix file itself can be much larger)

 

From my point of view, when the amount of data reaches a million level in the Power BI, we usually consider using the DirectQuery to connect to the data source for the, which is more suitable to display current data can require large data transfers, making reimporting data unfeasible. And the 1-GB dataset limitation also doesn't apply to DirectQuery.

v-robertq-msft_0-1618370465396.png

 

You can follow this document:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-robertq-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @jay_patel 

According to my research, here’s the official explanation of the row limitation of Power BI import mode:

Neither Power Query nor Power BI Desktop has a strict limitation on the number of rows.

 

However, when we talk about the 1 GB limitation, you should keep in mind that the hard limit of 1 GB for the .pbix file is the size that can be published to Power BI Service (the .pbix file itself can be much larger)

 

From my point of view, when the amount of data reaches a million level in the Power BI, we usually consider using the DirectQuery to connect to the data source for the, which is more suitable to display current data can require large data transfers, making reimporting data unfeasible. And the 1-GB dataset limitation also doesn't apply to DirectQuery.

v-robertq-msft_0-1618370465396.png

 

You can follow this document:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-directquery

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@jay_patel , Open power query there should be some error, Try to check and address

debug issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6DPmKqN7s


refer how to handle error in power query
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6DPmKqN7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Lag0VOiTs

 

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