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Increase the data export row limit (30,000 rows max) in Power BI Report Server

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Ken Wetherell on 01 Feb 2018 03:41:30

The capability to export raw data from Power BI is an important function for many users.

Presently, the export data limits are as follows and confirmed at the community link below.

- Power BI Service (cloud platform): 150,000 row maximum
- Power BI Report Server (on-premise platform): 30,000 row maximum

Please increase the export limit setting on Report Server to match that of Service. Better yet, increase them both to a much higher limit as requested by others in separate idea posts.

http://community.powerbi.com/t5/Report-Server/What-is-the-Export-data-row-count-limit-for-Power-BI-Report/m-p/343951

Administrator on 14 Dec 2019 08:13:11

Thanks for your feedback - we are including the ability to Export to Excel from visuals with the Jan 2020 release, and this will up the export limit to the same levels as the PBI Service (150k rows).

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a3802bcd 0b12-4905-807b-e7a7cb9e3996 on 06 Jul 2020 00:02:20

RE: Increase the data export row limit (30,000 rows max) in Power BI Report Server

hi chris - this was under review all the way back in JUNE 2018... so I'm just wondering how long this is going to take to implement as I was proudly selling the capabilities of power bi to our business and this is like an egg in the face... the staff are transitioning from one bi platform to powerbi and due to data sensitivity we are not allowed in the cloud... has to be on-prem. I have 220,000,000+ records and whilst we are not wanting to export all I cant even get 000000.013% of the data to export... our staff are currently heavily reliant on excel, which i'm going to wean them off, but its going to take a long time (like how long before an office becomes paperless)... lifting this restriction will help us immensely - trev

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27115a19 27a0-4ccb-81c3-55434f314c3b on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:53

RE: Increase the data export row limit (30,000 rows max) in Power BI Report Server

A great and inexpensive way around this is to use canned Microsoft BI solutions from vendors like us, built on SSAS, for various enterprise applications. Have a look - https://northcraftanalytics.com - check out the YouTube channel for numerous examples.

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a1e786a0 359b-4b85-a367-38872cdfe72e on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:22

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make powerapp available on premise vs. cloud. We have a need to allow users to updating a column in the data while reviewing content in other columns in the data. I saw a way to do this with power app, but it is only available in the cloud. Need to do this on in house data. Cloud not an option for us. Thanks

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65596a22 f8b0-4816-8b12-bf60865bfa44 on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:06

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Any updates on this? Thanks!

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6d47bf35 0f45-4971-9fe5-9f4b2687e5e6 on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:08

RE: Increase the data export row limit (30,000 rows max) in Power BI Report Server

Hi Chris,

nice September release and the meantime quite disappointing that the announced feature (https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/business-applications-release-notes/april19/business-intelligence/power-bi-report-server/export-excel-power-bi-reports) was not released in September

Could you provide an update on that ?

Thanks!

Bobi

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ecb0c436 0d9e-4e45-8ef1-896ce49fa035 on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:02

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We are going to have to pull the plug on enterprise adoption of Power BI because of this! The ability to export large amounts of data is the single most important requirement for us. This is baffling to me.

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d04ddade 8867-43e3-9c54-ea5e42f497f2 on 06 Jul 2020 00:00:01

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Waiting for a long time for this feature, as the majority of the industry.

We are forced to implement static Excel reports in addition to Power BI reports. A mess.
Looking for others strategies

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2800a746 764c-4318-b7a7-ab200511dc81 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:57

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Yes very disappointing - all our users waiting for this. Our company strategy is at risk.

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167aba70 1146-467b-9d9f-4cc0a5c5e7d7 on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:57

RE: Increase the data export row limit (30,000 rows max) in Power BI Report Server

Will we have to wait for January for this feature? It said in this article that it should be released in September but I don't see it. https://docs.microsoft.com/sv-se/business-applications-release-notes/April19/business-intelligence/planned-features

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2bf75b9d 5fe2-4ab0-8828-12bd3cfd4f8b on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:57

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It's been a year. There were 3 releases. And still export to EXCEL is not added.