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NPinto01
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Is it possible to whether or not a specific columns values have been updated or not?

I'm trying to create an 'Updated" column in power query by seeing whether or not a certain cell has been updated. I do not want to upload a previous version of the data, I want to see if it can be done in powerquery.  I am not trying to extract the previous values, I just want to know if they changed so I can use conditional formatting to highlight them!

 

Thanks!

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amitchandak
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@NPinto01 , Check if DAX append method can help

 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2020/04/13/keep-the-existing-data-in-your-power-bi-dataset-and-add-new-...
https://www.thebiccountant.com/2017/01/11/incremental-load-in-powerbi-using-dax-union/

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Hey, the problem is is that my data is refreshed every week, so Ideally if a cell is changed from last week to this week then it would be highlighted yellow. I tried incremental refresh, but I dont know how to put the old values into a separate column to test for changes

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