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setis
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5 years ago
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Question about incremental refresh (happening in the DataFlow but not in the report)

Dear all,    I have a large table of 50M+ rows in a DataFlow with incremental refresh working. The DataFlow update takes a couple of minutes.    When I import this table from the dataflow into my...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi setis ,

     

    Power BI Query Editor cant use Query Folding at all.

    Reference: Power BI Dataflows, Computed Entities and Query Folding

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Hi setis ,

 

Power Query loads only data specified between the RangeStart and RangeEnd parameters. Depending on the amount of data in that period, load should go quickly. If it seems slow and process intensive, it's likely the query is not folding.

 

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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setis
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5 years ago

Anonymous thanks, but can the folding happen when the source is a PBI DataFlow?

 

The folding is happening in the DataFlow (it's refreshed in minutes), but when the report is refreshed it take a couple of hours.  

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi setis ,

     

    Power BI Query Editor cant use Query Folding at all.

    Reference: Power BI Dataflows, Computed Entities and Query Folding

     

    Best Regards,

    Stephen Tao

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.