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Desktop Refresh Error: Query "references other queries or steps ... "
On nearly every report I have in Power BI Desktop, I refresh the data and get this error message on random tables/queries in my dataset. To 'fix' it, I have to open the Power Query Editor, refresh al...
TorsteinZahl The only "solution" that has ever worked for me is to just ignore the error (as posted earlier in this thread by 057Sophie).
From Settings, you can either disable this error globally (GLOBAL > Privacy) or for a specific report (CURRENT FILE > Privacy). Just change the Privacy Levels setting to "Always ignore Privacy Level settings" for the global setting or "Ignore the Privacy Levels and potentially improve performance" for the current file setting.
Just remember that this setting can't be disabled in the Power BI service, so your privacy levels do actually need to match before you publish.