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Resource / capacity
Capacity level limit exceeded
Error code: capacity-level-limit
Power BI dataset refresh error — what it means and how to fix it.
What this means
The capacity-wide concurrent-refresh ceiling was hit.
How to fix it
- Retry after a short delay.
- Reschedule refreshes to spread the load.
- Check the SKU max-concurrent-refreshes limit.
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