CURRENT FILE options

The CURRENT FILE options must be set per the Power BI Desktop file and are particularly important when creating a new dataset:

  1. Disable the automatic column type and header detection for unstructured sources
  2. Disable all relationship options, including the import of relationships from data sources and the detection of new relationships after data is loaded
  3. Assuming a date dimension table is available to the dataset, disable the Auto Date/Time option
  4. For larger import datasets with many queries, disable the parallel loading of tables
  5. Click the OK button in the bottom-right corner of the Options dialog to apply these settings:
Power BI Desktop Options – CURRENT FILE Data Load
The dataset designer should explicitly apply ...

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