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OjasBI
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Column limit exceeded

 

The total number of columns in the model is 24858 which exceeds the limit of 16000.

How to increase the limit?

 

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Okay.

 

We have removed unnecessary columns and managed to go below the limit as of now.
Incase I happen to face such a situation, I'll divide the rows.

Thanks

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Greg_Deckler
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You have a source system with 24,858 columns, is that correct?

 

You might think about pulling in half of the columns into one table and half into another table with a key between them?



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Okay.

 

We have removed unnecessary columns and managed to go below the limit as of now.
Incase I happen to face such a situation, I'll divide the rows.

Thanks

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