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Anonymous
6 years agoNot applicable
Result Query is Too Large
I have a report I am trying to refresh in Power BI Service and I am getting the following error: "The query result is too large. Consider removing unused columns, adding visual filters, or reducing t...
- Anonymous6 years ago
We finally got this resolved. To fix it, we created views of the SQL Server tables used in the report. The views restricted the number of rows and columns considerably. We then used these views as the datasources for the report and it refreshes online without any issues.
v-eachen-msft
6 years agoCommunity Support
Hi Anonymous ,
Power BI creates queries that are as efficient as possible. Under certain situations however, the generated query may not be efficient enough to avoid refresh that would fail.
You may combine these two queries in the SQL Server, and check if the final number of row exceeded the limit.
If it doesn't work, you could create a support ticket.