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Anonymous
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Cannot set up Incremental Refresh

I am not able to set up an incremental refresh as shown in the Power BI walkthrough  (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/incremental-refresh-overview)

I have created the parameteres and filtered the data using the parameters but when I right click on the table and select "Incremental Refresh" all of the options are greyed out. (See below) It says that I need to set up parameters but I have already did that. (see second image below)

 

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v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

1. you should use parameter RangeStart and RangeEnd, instead of using Start Date/ End Date.
2. you need to apply the 2 parameters RangeStart and RangeEnd to the specific table in Power Query Editor, then select "Incremental Refresh" of this table in Power BI Desktop.
FYI:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/incremental-refresh-configure

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Tang

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v-xiaotang
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous 

1. you should use parameter RangeStart and RangeEnd, instead of using Start Date/ End Date.
2. you need to apply the 2 parameters RangeStart and RangeEnd to the specific table in Power Query Editor, then select "Incremental Refresh" of this table in Power BI Desktop.
FYI:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/incremental-refresh-configure

 

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _ Tang

If this post helps, please consider Accept it as the solution✔️ to help the other members find it more quickly.

HashamNiaz
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Hi @Anonymous !

 

Please refer to the documentation part where it says:

 

Table data is filtered by using Power Query date/time parameters with the reserved, case-sensitive names RangeStart and RangeEnd.

 

Parameter names need to be exactly the same as mentioned in the MS Docs.

 

Regards,

Hasham

parry2k
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous parameter names need to be called exactly RangeStart and RangeEnd

 

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