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In power bi desktop model view, what do the table border colour "red" "blue" mean?
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Table card headers show colors to help you quickly see which tables are from the same kind of source.
All tables that are in import mode will not show a color.
Tables from the same DirectQuery source (blue) will show a color for tables from that same source.
This was introduced in PBI Nov update . Check the blog here- https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-november-2020-feature-summary/
My best assumption is that the red lines indicate that a query is hitting a read-only replica.
This happens to me when I directly query my SQL high availability group's secondary/read-only node.
What about red table borders?
Table card headers show colors to help you quickly see which tables are from the same kind of source.
All tables that are in import mode will not show a color.
Tables from the same DirectQuery source (blue) will show a color for tables from that same source.
This was introduced in PBI Nov update . Check the blog here- https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-november-2020-feature-summary/
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