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piyushj
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9 years ago

Power Bi Service Refresh - timeout expiration issue

Hi PBI Team,   We are facing an issue in power bi service as well as in desktop app. We have huge amount of data available in tables (>10GB). We are importing data using SQL Server database. Previo...
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9 years ago

Hi piyushj,

Firstly, based on this blog, in Power BI Service, refreshing the dataset will give an error message letting you know your dataset is too large, and it will fail to refresh until you filter the data model back down under 1 GB.

Secondly, optimize your data model following the guide in this blog in Power BI Desktop, the blog also applies to Power BI Desktop though it is about PowerPivot.

And specify appropriate value in “Command timeout in minutes (optional)" following steps below, then check if you can  refresh successfully in Power BI Desktop.

1. Click on the arrow for "Edit Queries" in your current Power BI Desktop file, select "Data Source Settings” in the dropdown.
2. Click on "Change Source..." in the Data source settings pop-up window.
3. Click on Advanced Options in the pop-up window, enter 60 minutes in the "Command timeout in minutes (optional)" textbox, then click OK.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang