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Guidance on Power BI Dataflow and Server Usage
Hi,
Thank you for your response, I believe it is a configurational issue from the microsoft side, we have approached them for better understanding - will surely update it here once the refresh issue is resolved.
Hi ANKITWAAH,
Thank you for your inquiry.
The error message "The data cannot be refreshed on the server” typically relates to issues with gateway configuration, credentials, or unsupported transformations, rather than server storage limitations. The 100GB storage provided with PPU is automatically included in your license and does not require activation.
To address this, please review the following:
Gateway configuration: If your data source is on-premises, ensure the on-premises data gateway is correctly installed and configured.
On-premises data gateway - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Data source credentials: Confirm and, if necessary, update the credentials in your Dataflow settings to ensure proper permissions.
Configure and consume a dataflow - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Transformations: Some Power Query steps may be supported in Desktop but not in Dataflow Gen1.
Dataflows Limitations, restrictions and supported connectors and features - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
In response to your questions:
Server usage: Data refresh operations utilize your PPU processing power, and failures are not related to storage capacity or manual server activation.
Data privacy: Your information remains private within Microsoft’s secure tenant environment and is not made public.
Data protection in Power BI - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn
Hi,
Thank you for your response, I believe it is a configurational issue from the microsoft side, we have approached them for better understanding - will surely update it here once the refresh issue is resolved.
Hi ANKITWAAH,
Thank you for the update.
I appreciate that you have already contacted them. Please keep us informed once you receive a response or when the refresh issue is resolved, as this information could benefit others in the community for whom experiencing similar challenges.
Thank you.
Hi ANKITWAAH,
We wanted to check if you had a chance to review our last reply. Let us know if it helped or if you need more guidance—we're always happy to help further.
Thank you.Hi ANKITWAAH,
As we have not received a response from you yet, I would like to confirm whether you have successfully resolved the issue or if you require further assistance.
Thank you.Hi ANKITWAAH,
I wanted to follow up on our previous suggestions regarding the issue. We would love to hear back from you to ensure we can assist you further.
Thank you.