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HamidBee
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4 years ago
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How does enabling background refresh cause preview data to become out of date?

I read the following:

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/power-query-background-refresh

 

"Enabling background refresh can result in preview data becoming out of date. If it occurs, the Power Query Editor will notify you with the following warning:"

 

How does enabling background refresh cause preview data to become out of date?

 

Thanks for any help.

  • Background refresh may not catch data changes at the source, and may think that it has the lastest data when in fact it has not. 

     

    I wouldn't worry about this part too much, it is rather irrelevant for your report users.

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  • Background refresh may not catch data changes at the source, and may think that it has the lastest data when in fact it has not. 

     

    I wouldn't worry about this part too much, it is rather irrelevant for your report users.