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Kurdapyo_pogi
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Data refresh application

Pleasant day to everyone!

 

We have data source from a folder. The folder is updated every week by adding a excel data (as attached sample below). Each excel file contains at least 50K rows. As we keep adding the files we are now in Week-41, Power BI is very slow now when refreshing the data. When refresh it starts refreshing from Week-1 to the current week data file which is taking time to update/refresh the PBI. We actually need the current week file to be refresh only as the previous weeks are historical data and does not need to be refresh.

 

Kurdapyo_pogi_0-1697700591622.png

 

Could you please suggest or provide a solution on how to update/refresh the current file which was recently added and not whole files inside the folder.

 

Thank you and your help in resolving this problem is very much appreciated.

 

Kind Regards,

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lbendlin
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- use the folder connector

- filter for the files you want (by name pattern)

- sort the files by last modified date descending (or created date etc)

- grab the binary for the first row  (index 0)

Thank you @lbendlin but can you please provide a details how to do it or a reference video or link reference.

would be easier if you provided a couple sample files.

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