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gvg
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Power BI limit for number of tables

Hi,

 

I am trying to find out is there a limit on a number of tables in Power BI? I.e. can I have 200 tables 1 million records each?

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @gvg,

 

There is no document to point out that the limit for number of tables in Power BI.

 

In Power BI Desktop;

 

Power BI limitations are related to the size of the dataset, and more specifically, the data model. This does not equate to the number of records or the size of the source data. 


? I.e. can I have 200 tables 1 million records each?


Power BI Desktop should handle the data  size, but it may run a little slower.

 

In Power BI Service;

 

Users and app workspaces have their own data capacities

  • Free and Pro users have a maximum 10 GB data storage.
  • Pro users can create app workspaces, with a maximum 10 GB data storage each.

Considerations and Limitations

For all data sources used in the Power BI service, the following considerations and limitations apply. There are other limitations that apply to specific features, but the following list apply to the Power BI service overall:

  • Dataset size limit - there is a 1 GB limit for each dataset in the Power BI service.
  • Row limit - the maximum number of rows in your dataset (when not using DirectQuery) is 2 billion, with three of those rows reserved (resulting in a usable maximum of 1,999,999,997 rows); the maximum number of rows when using DirectQuery is 1 million rows.
  • Column limit - the maximum number of columns allowed in a dataset, across all tables in the dataset, is 16,000 columns. This applies to the Power BI service and to datasets used in Power BI Desktop. Power BI uses an internal row number column per table included in the dataset, which means the maximum number of columns is 16,000 minus one for each table used in the dataset.

 

For further, you could have a reference of the links below.

 

https://www.quora.com/Can-I-import-a-10-GB-data-set-into-Power-BI

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-conceptual-data-model-and-limits/

 

Best Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-piga-msft
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Hi @gvg,

 

There is no document to point out that the limit for number of tables in Power BI.

 

In Power BI Desktop;

 

Power BI limitations are related to the size of the dataset, and more specifically, the data model. This does not equate to the number of records or the size of the source data. 


? I.e. can I have 200 tables 1 million records each?


Power BI Desktop should handle the data  size, but it may run a little slower.

 

In Power BI Service;

 

Users and app workspaces have their own data capacities

  • Free and Pro users have a maximum 10 GB data storage.
  • Pro users can create app workspaces, with a maximum 10 GB data storage each.

Considerations and Limitations

For all data sources used in the Power BI service, the following considerations and limitations apply. There are other limitations that apply to specific features, but the following list apply to the Power BI service overall:

  • Dataset size limit - there is a 1 GB limit for each dataset in the Power BI service.
  • Row limit - the maximum number of rows in your dataset (when not using DirectQuery) is 2 billion, with three of those rows reserved (resulting in a usable maximum of 1,999,999,997 rows); the maximum number of rows when using DirectQuery is 1 million rows.
  • Column limit - the maximum number of columns allowed in a dataset, across all tables in the dataset, is 16,000 columns. This applies to the Power BI service and to datasets used in Power BI Desktop. Power BI uses an internal row number column per table included in the dataset, which means the maximum number of columns is 16,000 minus one for each table used in the dataset.

 

For further, you could have a reference of the links below.

 

https://www.quora.com/Can-I-import-a-10-GB-data-set-into-Power-BI

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/the-conceptual-data-model-and-limits/

 

Best Regards,

Cherry

Community Support Team _ Cherry Gao
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

OK, thanks !

gvg
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Back to this question. It looks like there is a limit of 60 tables in Power BI Desktop. Whenever I add 61st table, the last one is deleted 😞

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