Troubleshooting
Problem
When you create a Crosstab visualization that projects thousands of data points, you might encounter the following error message:
The estimated number of cells exceeds the allowable value of 100000. Apply filtering to projected sets to reduce the number of cells.

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Modified date:
14 January 2026
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