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REST api to google big query crashes
we think it was related to having multiple refreshes on the same tables in GBQ at the same time. Since we have organised the refreshes to not run simultaneously it didn't happen anymore
Hey Johan,
I'm not sure I understand your explanation. You say you spread out the "refreshes" on your table in BQ. Do you mean the refreshes triggered by the powerBI service? I don't know of a way to control when particular data is being refreshed. For me the whole file just refreshes at once. Can you explain a little how you managed to do this?
My situation is that powerBI is refreshing 8 views on the same table, and I wonder if that is similar to your situation.
Thanks!
Jaap
Sure I can give more details.
We were loading the same report (prod and test) at the same time it appeared. So 2 refreshes loading the same tables/views. After stop doing that, the problem did not occur anymore.
Hope this helps.
Johan
OK I see, and when everything succeeded, were you still using multiple views on the same table? I'm a bit worried that that could be causing my issue. That because all of my 10 views use the same table, in the background it connects to that table 10 times at the same time.
I just checked Dataflows, and what I see there is that dataflows doesnt load any of my views in parallel, it always loads them serially, so 1 at a time. That might be why it works OK in Dataflows. I just don't understand why it always works in powerBI desktop, because that definitely tries to load everything in parallel, but always works 😞
yes, seems like the api gets unstable when you run multiple queries on the same source table at the same time. Try to avoid that.
Hi, Johan . Did you manage to sort it out? Since Sunday my refresh stopped working in PowerBI Service. If I try to refresh, the error happens again but with another table.
