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hgzhou
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something wrong ,there was an error when processing the dataset.

My dataset refresh stopped working, can anyone help interpret the error message please?something went wrong.JPG

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Transform121
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500 internal server error is generally related to a time out server side (the refresh took too long) especially with SharePoint connections that can be extensively long and complex.

 

The technical answer is that 5** errors are server side and the malfunction is beyond Power BI.

 

There are a significant number of old solutions that could be explored for a solution. Ultimately I would recommend trying to optimise your sharepoint connector to only bring in exactly what you need.

 

Credit to amitchandak from previous posts.

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/DataSource-Error-Web-Contents-failed-to-get-data-f...

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/DataSource-Error-Web-Contents-failed-to-get-conten...

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Query/DataSource-Error-Web-Contents-failed-to-get-co...

 

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