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6 years ago
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Size limit for data flow for pro user

Hi,   Is the dataflow limit of 10Gb a limit per workspace or a total limit for the license?   Scenario: A company has 100Gb of client data in their database. Let's say the total amount consists o...
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    v-diye-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi Anonymous 

     

    Literally, it's right. but please note that the size of the dataflow is the compressed size, once it is refreshing/querying, the uncompressed size should be twice as much the compressed size. that means it probably not works well in your workspace if the dataflow is 5GB. 

    You might refer to this article for more reference about the vertipaq engine in power bi:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oSgTOeYCE 

     

     

    If my answer helps, please kindly mark it as the solution to help others find it more quickly, thanks!

     

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v-diye-msft
Community Support
6 years ago

Hi Anonymous 

 

Storage for dataflow entities counts against the existing limits for Power BI. Each user with a Power BI Pro license has a limit of 10GB, and each Premium capacity node has a limit of 100TB. If you’re using your own organizational data lake account, there is no limit – you can store as much data in your Azure subscription as you want.

 

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    Anonymous
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    6 years ago

    Thank you for your answer. I have understood that the existing limit for a Pro license is 10GB/workspace. If this is correct then did i understand your answer correctly that this means I can have 5GB dataflow in more than two workspaces? Ofcourse within the 10GB workspace limit.

     

    Using the organizations own data lake account solves the possible limit issue but this would be nice to know. 

    • v-diye-msft's avatar
      v-diye-msft
      Community Support
      6 years ago

      Hi Anonymous 

       

      Literally, it's right. but please note that the size of the dataflow is the compressed size, once it is refreshing/querying, the uncompressed size should be twice as much the compressed size. that means it probably not works well in your workspace if the dataflow is 5GB. 

      You might refer to this article for more reference about the vertipaq engine in power bi:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oSgTOeYCE 

       

       

      If my answer helps, please kindly mark it as the solution to help others find it more quickly, thanks!