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mwhalen
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Power Query Aggregate not loading

I am attempting to aggregate a merged query but the preview has been "loading" for 10 minutes now (expanding the table only takes 15 seconds) When I try to apply without seeing the preview, it gets stuck after loading about 1/3 of the rows. Is there something I am doing wrong?

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Anonymous
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Hi @mwhalen ,

 

You may try to disable "background refresh".1.png

 

If you don't want to refresh or load for specific reports in power bi desktop, you can disable the following options.

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Also you can try Table.Buffer to performance.

 

About more details, please kindly refer to

Speed/Performance aspects – The BIccountant

Table.Buffer for cashing intermediate query results or how workaround Unnecessary Queries Issue (mic...                                                                            

                                                                             

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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