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Partial Data-source Refresh
Hi Zeljko,
There is a new feature under preview called "Incremental refresh". Surely it has some limitations for now. I wounder if it could help in your scenario. You can give it a try. Please refer to power-bi-desktop-may-2018-feature-summary/#incrementalRefresh.
Best Regards,
Dale
Hi zbareta,
v-jiascu-msft is correct, you can use this feature and I suggest you concentrate on Detect data changes part:
Inremental refresh
Be aware that it is applicable for all Power BI Premium and Power BI Embedded capacities (starting from A3).
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-premium-incremental-refresh
Hi, I don't know if t his thread is still going, but to my knowledge Power BI service does not allow the refresh of .XLS files on a schedule, just via refresh and publish in the desktop app. that said, it is possible to remove a table from a report refresh:
you right click on the table in query editor and untick "Include in report refresh" that way the data remains static and the refresh skips that table
Anonymous https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Partial-Data-source-Refresh/m-p/622562#M62107
Thanks so much for this answer! Incremental refreshes would not work for me since I have a data source that is no longer functioning