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mohsenhs82
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Output is different from R script and plot generated by Power BI in Power BI

Hello BI developers,

 

I came across a strage situation which does not make sense. I am sure I am doing somethign wrong but I cannot figure it out. I have a dataset (very huge) and need to do some visulisation. I need to some part in R to make the life easier, but the outputs are different even for the simpleset scanrio which is counting the rows. I have added an Index (auto increment) from Power BI to avoid any possible removal of duplicate rows.

All the values in the R script have "Don't summarize", but still the values (the count) are different. Please see the screenshots. If you need more information please let me know.

 

 

library(sqldf)
library(ggplot2)

options(scipen=999)
datas=sqldf("select count() as tc, Year from dataset group by Year ")
ggplot(datas, aes(x = Year, y = tc)) +  geom_line() 

 

Bi graph.jpgdo not summarise.jpgRscipt.jpg

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @mohsenhs82,

 

I can reproduce the same result. But I'm afraid this is a limitation of R visual in Power BI. Please refer to desktop-r-visuals#known-limitations. If I reduce the size of data to less than 150000, it's good.

Output_is_different_from_R_script_and_plot_generated_by_Power_BI_in_Power_BI

 

Best Regards,

Dale

Community Support Team _ Dale
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-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @mohsenhs82,

 

I can reproduce the same result. But I'm afraid this is a limitation of R visual in Power BI. Please refer to desktop-r-visuals#known-limitations. If I reduce the size of data to less than 150000, it's good.

Output_is_different_from_R_script_and_plot_generated_by_Power_BI_in_Power_BI

 

Best Regards,

Dale

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

Thank you Dale,

 

I see, when I plotted the total number of rows in my R scipt I saw 150k. I was suprised as I have millions of records. so this is the limitation. what a shame, but at least I know, and thanks for the link too.

 

Thanks

M

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