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BishwaR
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Large Dataset Storage Format

‎08-31-2021 03:51 AM

What are the advantages and drawback of enabling this feature in a layman's words.


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Greg_Deckler
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‎08-31-2021 04:35 AM

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Advantages

  • You can have bigger datasets than 10GB
  • XMLA writes are faster

Disadvantages

  • Can't download the PBIX from the Service

Large datasets in Power BI Premium - Power BI | Microsoft Docs



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‎08-31-2021 04:35 AM

@BishwaR 

Advantages

  • You can have bigger datasets than 10GB
  • XMLA writes are faster

Disadvantages

  • Can't download the PBIX from the Service

Large datasets in Power BI Premium - Power BI | Microsoft Docs



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