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Ranjith_96
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Length of the results exceeds the length limit (2GB) of the target large type

Hi Power BI Community,

My report file size is 1 GB, but the refresh is not happening. Its getting failed with the below error. I'm not sure why?.  THe file size is also lesser than 2 GB. If i try to refresh from my local computer , its refreshing. Please note, My report is in onpremise report server.

Data refresh failed. Please try again later or contact your administrator.

SessionID: 108189da-c-41ca-83e0-34647cfa35a1
[0] 0: WRITE: The length of the result exceeds the length limit (2GB) of the target large type.

Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

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Hi @Ranjith_96 ,

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More details: Power BI report scheduled refresh in Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

 

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Hi @Ranjith_96 ,

The ability to load reports with imported data or DirectQuery, and the ability to perform scheduled refresh, rely on an Analysis Services instance being hosted alongside of the report server. As a result, this could result is unexpected memory pressure on the server. Plan your server deployment accordingly knowning that Analysis Services may be consuming memory alongside the report server.

 

The data model loaded into the internal Analysis Services engine during a scheduled refresh has a maximum size of 2,000 MB (2GB). This maximum size can't be configured. If your data model grows larger than 2GB, you will receive the refresh error, "The length of the result exceeds the length limit (2GB) of the target large type." In that case, we recommend hosting the model in an Analysis Services instance and using a live connection to the model in the report.

 

More details: Power BI report scheduled refresh in Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

 

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Hi @Anonymous . Thanks much for your response. Could you please let me know, How can i check the model size of the analysis service for this particular report?

 

Hi @Ranjith_96 

You could have a good idea of the size of your Power BI model by opening it with Power BI Desktop and monitoring with the Task Manager the memory usage of its embedded Analysis Services:screenshot-1.png

 This YouTube video from Marco Russo and Guy In the Cube explains this method.

Hope it will help you.

Have an amazing day

Anonymous
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Hi @Ranjith_96 ,

vrongtiepmsft_0-1705651166971.png

More details: Power BI report scheduled refresh in Power BI Report Server - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

 

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