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Force Power Query to Fail Refresh if No Data Found

Hi All,

 

I'm looking for a way to force Power Query to fail a scheduled refresh if no data is available. I'm pulling data from a database on a daily basis. When a refresh is successful this fires a subscription to send the report to a distribution list.

 

Rarely we have failures at database build but the Power BI subscription will send out a blank report page as it will refresh to an empty dataset.

 

Are there any methods in Power Query that can force a refresh error if no rows of data are found in a particular query?

 

Thanks!

Kris

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous ,

 

You may try using Table.IsEmpty and Errors.

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous ,

 

You may try using Table.IsEmpty and Errors.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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