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fb198
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4 months ago
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Data Refresh Issue in Power BI Service with Microsoft List Source

Hello community, I am experiencing an issue with a Power BI dashboard that is connected to a Microsoft List as its data source, and I would appreciate your assistance in resolving it. For context, ...
  • fb198's avatar
    4 months ago

    Hi, I've found the solution.

    On inspecting the M language, I have 4 merges.

    In Desktop all queries often evaluate locally and consistently

    In Service. Queries are evaluated independently

    Join tables may:

    • Not fully refresh in time
    • Return slightly different schemas
    • Have privacy/firewall differences

    The solution is: Before each merge, buffer the lookup tables
    SubmittedBuffered = Table.Buffer(Submitted),

    Another mystery was why it suddenly failed after working for nearly an year.
    One potential reason is that Microsoft's backend optimisation updates may have forced the join to occur first before loading the tables.