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Hi,
I have a large table in SQL with data that are growing pretty fast. I don't want to import the whole thing to Power BI, just to choose from slicers the start and end dates and get only the data that I need based on slicers. How do I do that?
Thanks!
My issue now is how to bind my parameter to the selected date on slicer.
I've created two parameters and used them in Direct Query :
How to connect the parameters to the values I have in slicers?
As you know you can do it like you want. You need to define the dates before, because the data will be loaded first.
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If you are using import mode please check this post: https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Query/Dynamic-Date-Parameter-for-Import-Queries/m-p/...
Other option is using direct query. With direct query the data remains on your server and the PBI send the query request data when you filter the visual
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