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nickbowman
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DB2 database stores data for 6 months, need to keep old data on refresh

Hello,

Our current method of pulling data is using a web connection via DB2. The issue I am having, is that the data in the database is only stored for 6 months. Is there a way in Power Bi to save the old data(Update table) upon refresh? I tried implementing incremental refresh but could not get it to work. My range start and range end could be wrong but I'm really not sure. Thanks for your help!

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amitchandak
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@nickbowman , see if DAX append can help

 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2020/04/13/keep-the-existing-data-in-your-power-bi-dataset-and-add-new-...
https://www.thebiccountant.com/2017/01/11/incremental-load-in-powerbi-using-dax-union/

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