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I have two questions:
If PowerBI in general does not have a limitation but DirectQuery has a limitation, what are the architectural implications for building reports?
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HI @Anonymous ,
#1, 1 million row records limitation only existed on directquery mode.
#2, In fact, directquery mode is direct send query to your database when you interact with visual records. I think this limitation may be related to performance reasons to load data and summary records.
Use DirectQuery in Power BI Desktop
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
HI @Anonymous ,
#1, 1 million row records limitation only existed on directquery mode.
#2, In fact, directquery mode is direct send query to your database when you interact with visual records. I think this limitation may be related to performance reasons to load data and summary records.
Use DirectQuery in Power BI Desktop
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
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