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biuser98
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3 years ago

ALM toolkit deletes my partitions

I have fact table which is configured to refresh incrementelly. Since it is a large dataset, i have manually loaded the data for the partitions in SSMS. My fact table got a new column, so I used AL...
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Erokor
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2 years ago

This depends on what you are trying to do. If you are trying to do updates without refreshing the model/partitions - set the items appropriately. There is a ton of detailed information on GitHub, here

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biuser98
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2 years ago

can u explain further? Should I enable it for my dataset to not lose my partitions?

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    Erokor
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    2 years ago

    for "Retain Refresh Policy" if you have a refresh policy set in the service, I would leave this checked or enable it. My understanding of the setting is that if there is a refresh policy on the Symantic Model (Dataset), it will be kept.