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myu2017
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Referencing joined table loading every time

Hi, 

 

I have loaded two CSV and created two tables, and joined them as a Joined table. 

Every time I reference the Joined table, I see that CSV files are getting loaded again. Since those CSV files are very large, it loads for several minutes. 

 

How to avoid this, if there is a way?

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

Regards,

Myu

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jennratten
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Hello - are you performing the join as a new query or within an existing query?  Joining as a new query should solve this problem.  When the join is done within an existing query (the join is not the first step in the query), a separate call to the source is made for each row.  I have included a link where this is explained in more detail.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/optimize-expanding-table-columns#:~:text=When%20queries... 

Thank you for your help. 

I am actually merging with new query. 

myu2017_0-1639576280442.png

As you can see from the screenshot above, whatever transformation/calculation I do in the "Not available in Oil" query, I see that the query is loading the CSVs again. 

myu2017_1-1639576399116.png

 

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