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aka
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direct query to import

hi guys,

 

Ihave like 86 millions rows in my fact  along with few dimensions and i want to chage it from direct query to import i tried doing that but getting an error,

any idea how to approch this situations.

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Greg_Deckler
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How are you trying to change it? In Data source settings, once you have a data source in Direct Query mode, I believe the Import option is greyed out. So, that question as well as what error you are getting.



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this is how m changing and after loading some of the 33 millions rows am getting error like data sourse connection closed( am trying once agian if get the error again i will take a snap shot)

Greg_Deckler
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You may be running into a data model size limitation. What happens if you just create a brand new Desktop file and connect to the data source and do an import (could even copy over your query using Advanced Editor)



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Hi @aka,

You'd better check if the error was caused by the size limitation according to @Greg_Deckler posted. Please feel free to ask if you have other issue.

Best Regards,
Angelia

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