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RezaAzimi
Advocate I
9 years ago

size limit

Hi,     I can't save my pbix file beacause I get this error message:     The file size exceeds the limit allowed and cannot be saved.   what to do??     best Reza Azimi
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v-caliao-msft
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Hi RezaAzimi,

 

Currently, there is no restriction on how large a pbix file can be locally. However, when you publish a pbix file over 1GB to Power BI Service, you will get a file size limit message. And in the case that your pbix file is less than 1GB when importing it to Power BI service, but the data model grows beyond 1 GB after a period of time, you will get a message when refreshing the dataset. 

 

So in your scenario, please provide us more information, so that we can make further analysis.

 

Regards,

Charlie Liao

  • RezaAzimi's avatar
    RezaAzimi
    Advocate I
    9 years ago

    Thanks for your reply on this matter. 

     

    My issue in this case was not Power BI but sharepoint since my file was located in a sharepoint folder and hence I could not upload a large pbix file to the folder due to a storage limit. However, now it is solved as I have configured the storage limit of the folder. But I am glad that you mentioned the 1 GB size limit to the Power BI service (it could happen that my file grows to 1 GB in the future). But in the case where the pbix file grows to 1 GB - what can be done in order to get your file to the power bi service?

     

    best

    Reza Azimi