Forum Discussion

HB13's avatar
HB13
Helper I
4 years ago
Solved

Incremental refresh with appended queries

Hello all!

I have two tables (A and B) coming in from two different servers. They are identical in terms of their column names, number of columns, data types etc. 


A is huge and requires an incremental refresh policy set up on it. 
I now have to update the data model by including table B by appending it to table A.

How do I go about reinstating the incremental refresh? 
-Do I append A and B and then set the incremental refresh policy? 
-Do I append the tables as a new query and then set the policy?
-Can I keep the refresh policy on A, and then append B as a new query? 

I have tried the first two senarios and both gave me the "Unable to determine if M query can be folded" warning. Could it still work despite the query folding issue?

 

Many many thanks

3 Replies

  • Neither of the above?  How about doing a UNION in DAX?

     

  • v-chenwuz-msft's avatar
    v-chenwuz-msft
    Community Support

    Hi HB13 ,

     

    Apply incremental refersh on A and  disable query A load to power bi model. Then append A to B. Load B.

     

     

    The same problem was solved in this thread.

    Solved: Incremental refresh with several Appended Dataflow... - Microsoft Power BI Community

     

    Best Regards

    Community Support Team _ chenwu zhu

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

    • DougieK's avatar
      DougieK
      Frequent Visitor

      'Enable load' must be turned on in order to toggle on the incremental refresh for a table.  Are you Toggling it on first, then unchecking 'Enable load' in Power Query afterwards?