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Automated data refresh in Power Automate not working

I used power automate to refresh a data set from a local folder that was being read into Power BI but it keeps failing and saying it was throttled. 

 

How can I fix this? It was working briefly when I set it up for half an hour and then afterwards just kept giving the alert that it got throttled

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Hi @Anonymous ,

It seems that your Power Automate data refresh is being throttled.

The throttling issue you're experiencing with Power Automate is likely due to the flow hitting an action limit designed to protect the connector service being called. Here are some suggestions to fix this issue:

1. Efficiency: Increase the efficiency of your flow. For example, avoid nested apply-to-each loops as they can greatly reduce the efficiency of a flow.
2. Streamline: Streamline everything inside loops. You don't need to throw the entire output of a 'get items' action in an apply-to-each loop to check if a field matches a condition, use OData filter query.
3. Avoid Variables: Try to avoid using a lot of variables (especially inside loops), usually it's possible to use expressions directly when trying to, for example, update a field.
4. Use Expressions: Don't be afraid to experiment with somewhat complex expressions (especially inside loops) to directly grab what you need.
5. Redesign Your Flow: Redesign your flow to use fewer actions.
6. Delay Action or Adjust Schedule: Build the flow in a way that keeps it under the API threshold. Either space out the runs with a delay action, adjust a schedule or trigger to run less often.


Flow error: operation has been throttled - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

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Gao

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