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Marcin_PL
Helper I
4 years ago
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Creating connection in model...

Hello,   I've observed a small but awkward and confusing change when refreshing data in Power BI Desktop September 2021. After clicking "refresh" I get "Evaluating..." and "Waiting.." statuses lik...
connection creating refresh
  • d_gosbell's avatar
    d_gosbell
    4 years ago
    Marcin_PL wrote:

    Has someone observed the same? Is it a bug? 

    This a bug with the status reporting in the Sept 2021 release that has been raised a number of times on this forum. I believe Microsoft are looking to fix this, but I'm not sure when it's planned to be released. Worst case I hope this would at least be fixed in the next major release (January 2022)

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d_gosbell
Super User
4 years ago
Marcin_PL wrote:

Has someone observed the same? Is it a bug? 

This a bug with the status reporting in the Sept 2021 release that has been raised a number of times on this forum. I believe Microsoft are looking to fix this, but I'm not sure when it's planned to be released. Worst case I hope this would at least be fixed in the next major release (January 2022)

  • Marcin_PL's avatar
    Marcin_PL
    Helper I
    4 years ago

    Thanks for the confirmation.

     

    Marcin

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    4 years ago

    hi, i am having issues refreshing the model. I am getting a message of "creating connection in model," timeout issues.

     

    this was working previously, however, there are issues when linking now to a sharepoint location.

     

    kind regards,

     

    peter