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gustavoringler
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Loading data in multiple tabs when launching report

I have a PowerBI report, created with PowerBI desktop. This report has 10 tabs...and the report pulls data from a cube via a live connection. The cube with the data is in a network geographically far away from where I live and the server that holds the cube is not very powerful, which impacts performance. This is something that is beyond my control.

 

When I open the PowerBI report, Tab #1 is shown, and the data associated with this tab starts to load....however, the data for the other tabs (# 2 to #10) will only load if I click on those tabs.

In order to improve the report usability and end user experience, is there a way to "force" loading the data in all tabs simultaneously when opening the report, instead of having to click on each tab?

 

 

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @gustavoringler 

 

I agreed with @Greg_Deckler , the tab won't loading coz there wasn't query sent to the data source. and that's what Live-connection works. you might refer to the difference between the connection mode to understand them more:

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

 

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v-diye-msft
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Hi @gustavoringler 

 

I agreed with @Greg_Deckler , the tab won't loading coz there wasn't query sent to the data source. and that's what Live-connection works. you might refer to the difference between the connection mode to understand them more:

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

 

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Greg_Deckler
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@gustavoringler To the best of my knowledge no. Seems like you might want to consider import mode.



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