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The columns coming from the Data Model will be available to use as Columns, Rows, Values or Filters in the Pivot Table.

For me, it typically happens with large log files with more than 1 million rows (technically more than 1,048,576 rows).

The proposed workarounds involve breaking the file into smaller chunks or using another application to process the data (Access or Power BI can handle this kind of stuff).

Excel Show Millions How To Break These

I ran into this in Excel so many times that I ended up posting a blog on how to break these files up.

That was still a pain and I could never create a nice summary of the entire dataset in a single PivotTable.

Excel has a way to import data from a text file without actually loading the file into a sheet (which still wont take more than a million rows).

After that, you can create a Pivot Table directly from the Data Model.

So far I have used this with up to 8.5 million rows with no problem at all.

My screenshots use Excel 2016 and thats the only one I actually tested myself.

I did hear that this functionality is also available in Excel 2013 and Excel 2010, but that you will have to test that yourself.

If it works for you with these older versions, please post a comment.

In some recent pre-release versions of Excel that might show up as Get Data.

After that, you will be prompted for the file in the usual dialog.

You have to click on the small down arrow next to load and select Load To.

In the Load To dialog, you must select Add this data to the Data Model, which will allow you to select the option Only Create Connection option.

This is crucial, since the sheet has the 1-million-row limit, but the Data Model doesnt.

This might take a while, so please be patient as Excel loads the data.

You have to remember that you data lives in the Data Model, which is separate from the regular data sheets.

However, if you save the XLSX file, you will notice the file will be large, so you know that theres something there.

See below.

You will also be able to add calculated columns, filter the data, format the columns and perform all kinds of management activities.

This is not a regular Excel data sheet, so you cant simply create Excel formulas here.

However, all you millions of rows will be here, as you can see below.

It rightly assumes that the Data Model is the source and all you have to do is provide the location where you want to create the PivotTable.

You can use the empty Sheet1 that came with your empty spreadsheet.

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