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SteveCarter1
Advocate II
2 years ago

Query diagnostics could not be globally enabled

Hi

I need to run diagnostics against a full refresh of a Power BI model in PBI Desktop.

 

In Power Qery when I click on Start Diagnostics I get the messge:

"Query diagnostics could not be globally enabled due to permissions or system limits. Please either restart Power BI Desktop as an administrator or restrict diagnositcs to the Query Editor."

 

I convinced IT to give me a local admin user account.  I've logged onto my Windows 11 desktop as local admin, open the PBI file, power query, then click Start diagnostics but I still get the same message.

 

Can anyone please advise how I can see what restrictions are stopping diagnostics from being enabled globally?

 

Thanks

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  • BA_Pete's avatar
    BA_Pete
    Super User
    2 years ago

    Hi SteveCarter1 ,

     

    Instead of opening PBI Desktop the normal way (double-clicking), try right-clicking on it and selecting 'Run as administrator':

     

     

    You need to be logged into your machine as Admin, it will prompt you for Admin credentials once you try to run PBI Desktop this way.

     

    Pete