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anotherPassword
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How to get Power BI to use MORE resources

I have a machine with 32 processors, 256GB RAM backed by all flash storage. I am 'getting data' from a 2.7GB csv (approx 41 million rows). PBI is only using like 450GB RAM and 5% CPU. How to I get PBI to consume more resources? It takes a very long time to impor the file (minutes at least)

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@anotherPassword even though it from 2014, underline power query engine to get CSV files works the same way, you want to explore dataflows and I found that works great.

 

Here another post (most recently) from one fo the most known names. I hope it helps. Don't get caught when the article was written.

 

 

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emiliolara
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Did you find any solution?

I think I have found something to make Power BI use more resources. I haven't tried out but sounds promising

 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2021/06/06/speed-up-power-query-in-power-bi-desktop-by-allocating-more-...

parry2k
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@anotherPassword check this post on the limitations 

 

I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop shop for Power BI related projects/training/consultancy.



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.

That's from 2014. All the articles I find on performance are geared towards PowerBI using too many resources, not how to get it to use all avaialable.

@anotherPassword even though it from 2014, underline power query engine to get CSV files works the same way, you want to explore dataflows and I found that works great.

 

Here another post (most recently) from one fo the most known names. I hope it helps. Don't get caught when the article was written.

 

 

I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop shop for Power BI related projects/training/consultancy.

 

 

 



Subscribe to the @PowerBIHowTo YT channel for an upcoming video on List and Record functions in Power Query!!

Learn Power BI and Fabric - subscribe to our YT channel - Click here: @PowerBIHowTo

If my solution proved useful, I'd be delighted to receive Kudos. When you put effort into asking a question, it's equally thoughtful to acknowledge and give Kudos to the individual who helped you solve the problem. It's a small gesture that shows appreciation and encouragement! ❤


Did I answer your question? Mark my post as a solution. Proud to be a Super User! Appreciate your Kudos 🙂
Feel free to email me with any of your BI needs.

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