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igorpereiradaco
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Does Power BI Report Server support incremental refresh?

Does Power BI Report Server support incremental refresh?

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This involves modifying your data source to support incremental refresh. For instance, if your data source is a SQL database, you can:

 - Maintain Timestamps: Ensure that your tables include a column with timestamps (like a LastUpdated column) to track changes.

 - Create Views or Stored Procedures: Develop SQL views or stored procedures that return only new or changed records based on the timestamp column.

 - Schedule Data Loads: Use tools like SQL Server Agent to run these views or stored procedures periodically, importing only the necessary incremental data into your reporting tables

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@igorpereiradaco 

incremental refresh is not supported in Report Server, I suggest you handle this at source level.

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How could I handle this at the source level?

@igorpereiradaco 

This involves modifying your data source to support incremental refresh. For instance, if your data source is a SQL database, you can:

 - Maintain Timestamps: Ensure that your tables include a column with timestamps (like a LastUpdated column) to track changes.

 - Create Views or Stored Procedures: Develop SQL views or stored procedures that return only new or changed records based on the timestamp column.

 - Schedule Data Loads: Use tools like SQL Server Agent to run these views or stored procedures periodically, importing only the necessary incremental data into your reporting tables

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