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NaveenMeka
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Unable to load data

Hi all,

I'm unable to load data which is an excel file with two pages. One with 25k rows of data.

I'm using a free desktop version which worked earlier, but now it's not working.

I tried to limit the number of rows to 500. Yet, Neither my transform nor my load buttons are higligted. they are greyed out.

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks

naveen

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Bipin-Lala
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Hi @NaveenMeka,

 

Power BI Desktop is freely available for anyone to download and use. Since it doesn't require a paid subscription to perform data modeling or basic report building, the issue is unlikely to be related to licensing or software accessibility.

 

Instead the issue seems to be something else, maybe something related to system resources, or corrupted files not sure. Can you please take some screenshots and expand on the issue more, it will help with the investigation and finding the actual problem.

 

Let me know if you have any questions!




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Regards,

Bipin Lala | Business Intelligence Developer



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NaveenMeka
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s working now.

Great that it's working now @NaveenMeka

 

Was it that the checkbox alongside the tables was not checked and hence the transform/ load button was inactive?




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Bipin-Lala
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Super User

Hi @NaveenMeka,

 

Power BI Desktop is freely available for anyone to download and use. Since it doesn't require a paid subscription to perform data modeling or basic report building, the issue is unlikely to be related to licensing or software accessibility.

 

Instead the issue seems to be something else, maybe something related to system resources, or corrupted files not sure. Can you please take some screenshots and expand on the issue more, it will help with the investigation and finding the actual problem.

 

Let me know if you have any questions!




Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution!

Proud to be a Super User!


Regards,

Bipin Lala | Business Intelligence Developer



Hi @Bipin-Lala,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Here is the screenshot. 

NaveenMeka_0-1734470786186.png

 

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Here you go

NaveenMeka_0-1734470269030.png

 

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