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monthly table with applied steps append into a static?
Hello there...
Ive set up a process that was in an access database into powerbi - yes i know, painful.
basically every month, I will import a spreadsheet in, create some applied steps to clean it up, and link in current validations based on the max date in there (this is in a seperate table linking to an access database that i do not have the right to change) so in the end i have a validated month end table.
I need this to be static, not linked to validations in any way, and be able to repeat the process every month so i have a master static table of monthly validated patients.
My idea, was to append this into a master table (I made a static enter data version), and for the next month just replace the above spreadsheet process to next months downloaded file just in the source - so all that linking and cleaning was already done, and just append onto it. But im getting cyclic reference errors?
I didnt want to import and keep each monthly file in there along with replicated all the applied steps, I thought i could just keep appending the process in one static table.
have i gone about this the wrong way? is there a better way
appreciate your advice
liz
3 Replies
- lbendlinSuper User
Power BI has no memory. Continue with your process. Keep your monthly files on a SharePoint for fast and convenient ingestion without the need of a gateway.
- Omid_MotamediseSuper User
Instead of using Referencing, use duplicate query
- ElizzFrequent Visitor
ahh ok thanks, so if i duplicate it, change filename etc can i stop the previous query from refreshing, keep that static if you like. then append them all together to create one table?