Composite Models: Can't append Tables with different storage modes

Using the new 'composite models' feature introduced in July 18, I have created two identical tables. One is Direct Query (Last Days Data), the other is imported (Last Weeks Data). I wanted to app...

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jmannhardt

Frequent Visitor

8 years ago

I am having a similar issue, where the query editor is defaulting SQL Server Database to DirectQuery, even when set to Import in a variety of ways.

I've successfully built a different model that is using SQL Server On Prem and Azure Cosmos DB and appending the datasources together, so unsure why the inconsistent experience.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Issues/DataSource-Automatically-Switching-to-DirectQuery/idi-p/501416

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