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Data Size of SharePoint List is Very Large
Dear Power BI Community Members, I am connecting to a SharePoint Online list via Power BI Desktop. The list contains about 9,000 records with Lookup Columns. When I load the list into Power BI De...
Hi davisn,
I have found that by default the SharePoint Online function uses the new REST api to gather the data which from my experience is as you say actually quite slow.
What we have done is actually use the listdata.svc instead which the performance is much quicker.
The URL you would use is https://yourtenant.sharepoint.com/anysubsite/_vti_bin/listdata.svc/ListName
This will return you the items within that list, it isn't anywhere near as fast as something list SQL Server but it should take minutes not hrs to return.