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Anonymous
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Unexpected Error - Report ran out of memory

I am getting constant report crashes due to the following error:

 

Unexpected Error: We're sorry. This report ran out of memory, and the application must close.

 

Send a Frown.

 

This is super annoying and a productivity limiter. Any insights for the root cause?

 

Ran out of memory.png

 

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous 

 

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous 

Refer, if these can help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPEAIgZeY8

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/High-RAM-Consumption/td-p/631339

 

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Greg_Deckler
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I think the root cause is a lack of memory! 🙂

 

You could check the Issues forum here:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/idb-p/Issues

And if it is not there, then you could post it.

If you have Pro account you could try to open a support ticket. If you have a Pro account it is free. Go to https://support.powerbi.com. Scroll down and click "CREATE SUPPORT TICKET".

 



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Anonymous
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Is it due to the RAM capacity? I have 16GB, but I see that its used at a high level when reports are refreshing or being saved. 

 

What is the recommended RAM capacity for a report that is ~100MB? 

Resource use.png

 

No, I have 16GB of data on my machine and I have run 100MB models without much issue. I mean, I have run data models way larger than that as well like up to 1 GB without an issue.

 

So, File | Options and settings | Options | Diagnostics, which version are you on? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit? What is your OS?

 



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