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Resource / capacity

Memory limit exceeded

Error code: memory-limit-exceeded

Power BI dataset refresh error — what it means and how to fix it.

What this means

A query exceeded the per-query memory allowance.

How to fix it

  1. Use incremental refresh and lower parallelism.
  2. Simplify the model to reduce memory footprint.
  3. Move to a higher-memory SKU.
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