Power BI Action only supports pbix file less than 2GB in size.

[dyutis]

Describe the issue Power BI Action only supports pbix file less than 2GB in size. How to deploy pbix dataset file which is larger than that. Any plan of mitigating this issue through the extension itself?

Extension

• Extension: Power BI Actions
• Version: 5.4.54

[maikvandergaag]

@dyutis thanks for letting me know. Never found this one.

This is something we van mitigate through the extension.

[maikvandergaag]

If you want to do it yourself you could check the below linkL

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-Developer-Samples/blob/master/PowerShell%20Scripts/Import%20Large%20Files

[dyutis]

Appreciate your prompt response!! It would be great if the same upload report operation supports large file as in our case we are trying to upload a huge dataset to a Premium workspace. This extension otherwise works great and makes life easier, hence having it included would be awesome. Thanks again for considering this!!

[dyutis]

If you want to do it yourself you could check the below linkL

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-Developer-Samples/blob/master/PowerShell%20Scripts/Import%20Large%20Files

Went through the script, quick question: it looks like when this temporary location is created, we can't pass any preference on which storage account to be used, is that it? Let's say I have multiple subscriptions under one tenant, where will this temporary storage be created?

[pphidev]

Have you tried to add lfs: true?

Example if you use a yml file:

steps:
   - checkout: self
     lfs: true

   - task: PowerBIActions@5
   ...