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What are the .dat files that are generated each time a desktop report is refreshed

‎12-05-2018 09:15 AM

I find very large files on the c: drive whenever I refresh a desktop Power Bi report. They all have a naming format similar to 584a2f8a-1c6e-4860-aa40-d863f44973bf.dat. These are filling up my c: drive but I don't understand what purpose they server.  Does anyone know why these are created and if there is a method to automatically delete them after the refresh completes?

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Greg_Deckler
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‎12-05-2018 12:58 PM

Where are these located on your C drive? In what directory?



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‎12-12-2018 07:20 AM

Greg, The .dat files are in the c:\users\powerbirefresh\appdata\local\microsoft\power bi desktop\cache

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