Fastest way to read from sharepoint

[StephenF]

I'm getting data using sharepoint folder to read a large 500 meg csv file.

The reading of data is very slow. Any tips?

Import step is

#"Imported CSV" = Csv.Document(#"Streams History csv_https://mygroup sharepoint com/sites/FARM/Shared Documents/Digital/Stream History/",[Delimiter="#(tab)", Columns=16, Encoding=1252, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None]),

[v-rzhou-msft]

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[v-rzhou-msft]

Hi @StephenF 

You can try to use a file url to get the csv file by web connector in Power BI Desktop. Steps is the same as get file from Onedrive for Business. 

1. Firstly open your csv file in app.

2. Then copy file link from file info.

3. Remove "?web = 1" in the end of url and connect to csv file by this url.

Server/sites/SiteName/.../Case%20Sample.csv?web=1

4. You can use organisational account to get access to web connect.

For reference: From the Web connector using a file URL

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Rico Zhou

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[mahoneypat]

Please see this video for a much faster way to pull SharePoint data.

Get SharePoint List Data with Power BI ... Fast - YouTube

Pat

[StephenF]

Is this simply for sharepoint lists? I'm pulling from a CSV file, Pat.

[parry2k]

@StephenF connector to SharePoint is generally slow, try to use web.contents and see if that improves. For reference read this post How to refresh Excel files faster in Power BI - Reporting/Analytics Made easy with FourMoo and Power...

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[StephenF]

What credentials am i meant to use for web.contents, organisational account and microsoft account do not work and reject my username and password to the sharepoint.

[arvindsingh802]

@StephenF  Have you got any solution for this

[arvindsingh802]

Loading data on desktop might be slow due to network bottleneck and system resources.

You can try creating dataflow and use that as source in your dataset.

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