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Hello
So, I need your help.
I have a problem with refreshing tables.
I have a table - call "mainTable", datasource is azure/databricks, have ca. 0,5mln rows.
(Steps : Source, Navigation)
I create by right click -> Reference, three reference tables Q1,Q2,Q3.
My goal is: during refresh my project only mainTable should downloaded datasource and the other 3 reference tables should be based on this mainTable.
Unfortunately when I refresh my project all 3 reference tables downloading the same datasource (3x 0,5mln)
I checked/uncheked this but still without good result.
I read that it is possible that after downloading the first table, the other caching and based on this first downloaded table. But i dont know how can I do it 😞
HI @Anonymous,
I suppose you can try to reference from the source query table and cancel the 'include in refresh' option of the reference tables or create these in dataflow side.
Referencing Power Query queries - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
"I suppose you can try to reference from the source query table and cancel the 'include in refresh' option of the reference tables"
its doesnt work.
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