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Account123
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9 years ago
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Does deleting fields in the data model view affect the original data source?

I'm using directquery mode, from my understanding PowerBI isnt going to send a drop command to the DB but simply removes that field from the select query, is that correct?

  • Hi Account123

     

    That is correct.  Power BI can't update, or delete your source data, so when you remove a column in the Query Editor or in Power BI it's just for Power BI. :)

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  • Phil_Seamark's avatar
    Phil_Seamark
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    Hi Account123

     

    That is correct.  Power BI can't update, or delete your source data, so when you remove a column in the Query Editor or in Power BI it's just for Power BI. :)

    • ollieT's avatar
      ollieT
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      As a result will the data in that column stops synchronizing, hence saving space?