Turn this on and a semantic model is no longer capped at 1 GB; it may grow until it reaches the capacity's size or a limit set by an admin, and XMLA writes run faster. Workspaces can apply it to new models automatically.
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Each book explains Large semantic model storage format in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- TURN
If a direct link can't be made, RDP Shortpath for Windows 365 relays UDP traffic via Microsoft servers on port 3478 instead.
- Semantic model
Sometimes called an OLAP model, this Power BI and Fabric layer defines the measures, hierarchies, tables and relationships that reports and dashboards query; star schema design is the usual pattern.
- Capacity
A reserved block of compute for a tenant whose size is fixed by its SKU; Fabric F SKUs express it in capacity units (CUs). Workspaces assigned to it unlock features like Copilot, and from F64 upwards people with free licences can view Power BI content.
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- APPLY
Evaluates a table-valued expression for every row on its left, inside
FROM. Think ofOUTER APPLYas a left outer join andCROSS APPLYas an inner join.
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