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Hi - my desktop refresh is about 10-15 minutes for my model, but can take 2-3 hours in service. Any idea on why that is happening? I thought service would be the same or faster than desktop.
When the refresh is in fact slow, it can be due to several reasons:
Incremental refresh can significantly reduce data refresh duration, especially for large model tables. There are four benefits associated with incremental refresh:
For more information you can refer to this :
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/admin/service-premium-incremental-refresh
Hope it helps.
Best Regards,
Caitlyn Yan
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@PowerBI123456 , Are you using Gateway. Because speed to data refresh will depends on the speed on transfer from the machine having gateway. Can check data upload speed at gateway.
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