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Handling 8M+ Rows in Power BI Pro – Import Model Size Limitations and DirectQuery Timeout Issues
Hi Anonymous ,
Thank you for the update. The 1 GB compressed dataset limit in Power BI Pro is a hard limit and cannot be exceeded. Creating or distributing models across multiple workspaces does not increase the maximum size available to a single dataset. Excessive memory consumption from key or high-cardinality columns is primarily a data model design challenge, not something licensing alone can resolve.
For large, transactional, and memory-intensive models, the supported and scalable solution is Premium Capacity combined with proper model optimisation.Best Regards,
Chaithra E.
Thanks sergej_og !
We are trying to follow best practices to reduce the size. Yes, it is a key column which is a transaction number
Hi Anonymous ,
Thank you for the update. The 1 GB compressed dataset limit in Power BI Pro is a hard limit and cannot be exceeded. Creating or distributing models across multiple workspaces does not increase the maximum size available to a single dataset. Excessive memory consumption from key or high-cardinality columns is primarily a data model design challenge, not something licensing alone can resolve.
For large, transactional, and memory-intensive models, the supported and scalable solution is Premium Capacity combined with proper model optimisation.
Best Regards,
Chaithra E.