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Different Sources for a single dashboard/visuals
Hi
I would like to ask on how to use 3 different semantic models or at least data sources (YEAR: 2023, 2024, 2025) in a single trend bar chart. It shows from January 2023 to February 2025 but what I need is the last 24 months. Previously, we put everything in one source so my dashboard is crashing due to huge data. I would like to know if there is a way I can use the 3 years worth of data without destroying my dashboard. Please help!
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- pallavi_r
Super User
Hi rkee10 ,
Is it possible to aggregate the data based on any dimension or date. For example, if its daily data, then make to Monthly. That way the number of rows would reduce while bringing from original source.
And also ensure only selected columns are taken from the source.
Thanks,
Pallavi
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi All,
Firstly pallavi_r thank you for your solutions!And rkee10 ,According to your description, we can incrementally refresh the data source to help you dynamically get the values within two years without destroying the original report, avoiding the crash problem caused by loading a large amount of historical data, here is the document I found for you, I hope it will help you!
We use the following picture for you to do a layman's explanation, when we configure a good incremental refresh, we can dynamically select the data interval we need according to the time, outside of this part of the data will not be read, which greatly reduces the amount of our data set, to improve the performance of the report to ensure that the data will not be crashed because of the over-sized.
Incremental refresh for semantic models in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Hope it helps!
Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Tom ShenIf this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi rkee10 ,
It's been a while since I've heard back from you and I wanted to follow up. Have you had a chance to try the solution that has been offered? If the issue has been resolved, could you mark the post as resolved? If you're still experiencing challenges, please feel free to let us know and we'll be happy to continue to help!
Looking forward to your reply!