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edhans
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7 years ago

Cyclic Reference Error in Power Query - PBI Desktop and Excel Office 365

Has anyone been experiencing a cyclic reference error when refreshing tables either in Queries in Power BI Desktop or Excel in Office 365 - specifically the Insider build? This started for me a few ...
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CatPhish
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7 years ago

OK, so it isn't just me!

 

I just posted a message reporting the same problem.  Error on initial refresh, all subsequent refreshes run without error.

 

 

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edhans
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7 years ago

Thanks for the confirm CatPhish. It does seem to happen most often on the initial refresh after opening a file, but it can be an old file, or a file used yesterday, but yeah, does seem to the the first time it is refreshed on opening. Good data point.