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nleuck
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9 years ago
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Database refresh breaking stored procedure

Hello,

 

I have a question concerning stored procedures being used in Power BI desktop and refreshing the SQL database that they are imported from. I imported a stored procedure to the Power BI desktop from our SQL server development database. Once I finished my reports they were then sent up to our workspace in the Power BI service. My manager wants to refresh that development database. If he refreshes the database would that cause my stored procedure in Power BI to break and cause errors on the visuals in the Power BI service?

 

Any advice or information on this would greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks for your time.

 

 

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  • prateekraina's avatar
    prateekraina
    9 years ago

    Hi nleuck,

     

    As per my  understanding, you have used SQL Stored Procedure(SP) to source data from your database into Power BI which is absolutely fine.

    Now comes the question "What happens if you modify the Stored Procedure or refresh your SQL database"?

    Untill and Unless your changes do not alter the schema which Power BI is consuming through your SP, it will not break your visuals or anything else.

     

    So feel free to refresh your SQL database.

     

    Cheers !!

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  • prateekraina's avatar
    prateekraina
    Memorable Member
    9 years ago

    Hi nleuck,

     

    As per my  understanding, you have used SQL Stored Procedure(SP) to source data from your database into Power BI which is absolutely fine.

    Now comes the question "What happens if you modify the Stored Procedure or refresh your SQL database"?

    Untill and Unless your changes do not alter the schema which Power BI is consuming through your SP, it will not break your visuals or anything else.

     

    So feel free to refresh your SQL database.

     

    Cheers !!

    • scorreia's avatar
      scorreia
      Regular Visitor
      8 years ago

      Hi Prateek,

      I have a question. I am using a Stored Procedure inside Power BI Desktop using Import Mode. I created my visualization and everything works fine.

      Now I added 2 more fields in my Stored Procedure and want to use them in Power BI. I tried Refreshing in the Query Editor but could not see the 2 new columns added to power BI.

      Please can you advise?

      Thanks

      Sophia

      • prateekraina's avatar
        prateekraina
        Memorable Member
        8 years ago

        Hi scorreia,

         

        This is weird. I tried on my machine and it works fine. Adding and Deleting columns in Stored Procedure are well detected by Power BI.

        Anyway, try below steps. It might help:

         

        1. Go to Query Editor, Open settings of the first step of the Power Query. Usually goes by name "Source" if you have not renamed.

        2. Turn On "Enable SQL Server Failover Support" and click OK. If it is alreadt Turned ON then Turn it OFF. 

        3. Now Refresh and Check. It should work.

         

        Prateek Raina