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Just wondering if my assumption here is correct...
Running a refresh via a gateway in the PowerBI Service, to on prem/cloud sources, mitigates or reduces trying to refresh a fat RAM heavy dataset in the desktop app.
Or is this nonsense? All on PPU capacity in the service btw
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Hi @Anonymous
That is correct when refreshing in the PBI Service the RAM is used in the PBI Service to refresh the data.
Hi @Anonymous
That is correct when refreshing in the PBI Service the RAM is used in the PBI Service to refresh the data.
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