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Data Storage advice

Hi PowerBI members   I would like to hear your best practice tips for data storage.   Currently we are recieving data from our sales system through snapshots sent to a SQL Server. 8 times daily. ...
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    Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Could you please try to use R on Power BI Desktop. An R transformation could snap the data and save as a file, you can then load a folder of files and use the filename to to ensure you know when it was snapped.

    You can use R in Power BI Desktop's Power Query Editor to:

    • Prepare data models.

    • Create reports.

    • Do data cleansing, advanced data shaping, and dataset analytics, which include missing data completion, predictions, clustering, and more.

    Limitations:

    • All R data source settings must be set to Public.
    • To schedule refresh of your R visuals or dataset, enable scheduled refresh and install an on-premises data gateway (personal mode) on the computer containing the workbook and R.

    More details: Use R in Power Query Editor 

     

     

    Best Regards

    Community Support Team _ Polly

     

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