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Anonymous
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Import Orginal data

Hello you all

Let me ask you all :

I've been importing and working with data for the last 12 months. My data table is quite big, 2 or 3 hundred thousand recs. I know that all the data from 3 months and backwards is not gonna change ever.

My question:

What can i do to make the update proccess faster? Any ideas?

Thank you all

Best regards

Pedro

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v-danhe-msft
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Hi @Anonymous ,

The performance problem will cover a lot of aspects, could you have tried with direct query or live connection mode for your data?

Reference:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-use-directquery

https://powerbi.tips/2017/10/power-bi-connection-types/

And you could also refer to below links about approve your performance:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/desktop-use-directquery

https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/data-import-best-practices-in-power-bi/

https://maqsoftware.com/expertise/powerbi/power-bi-best-practices

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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Anonymous
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Hi Daniel @v-danhe-msft 

Thank you so much for your answer and let me tell you what i have.

All my data are csv and excel files. I do the import data from file or from folder, depending.

Can you help me on my purpose of saving time on updates? My data is from Jan, 1 2018. I don't need any updates for that year...

Thanks again

Hi @Anonymous ,

Could you have refered to below link about using incremental refresh in power bi?

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-premium-incremental-refresh

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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