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10 years ago

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import CSV file with more than 1048576 rows

Hi, I want to upload a CSV file with more than 1048576 rows. It works fine until it hits that number. Suspiciously, that number is also the maximum number of rows for Excel... Is there way to...

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jstupl
10 years ago
And finally a solution:

1) Import the data with the Power BI desktop app.
2) Save as Power BI .pbix file.
3) Import pbix file to online app.

Anonymous

Not applicable

10 years ago

Hi jstupl,

There is no limit on the rows of data you can import into Power BI. Are you able to see all the data in Excel? If not, please use other program to open CSV file, make sure you can view complete data in the opened CSV file and then import data from CSV to Power BI.

Thanks,
Lydia

jstupl

Regular Visitor

10 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

I cannot see all the data in Excel because Excel has a limit at 1,048,576 rows. However, I can see all the data when I open the file with wordpad. Also, if I cut away the first 1,048,576 rows of the file before importing, the dataset will import into Power Bi, until it hits 1,048,576 rows again, and then stops.

So to me that is a very strong indication that there is actually a limit to Power Bi, at least to the number of lines it can import from a CSV file.

Do you have an idea how to get around that?

Best,

Jan