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richard-powerbi
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Dataflow should be considered as preview?

‎11-26-2019 12:45 AM

I have so many issues with Dataflow:

  • Extremely slow refresh
  • Diagram view containing already removed sources (forgiven because it's preview)
  • Entities with wrong datatype after a perfectly fine written query
  • M code commented out code disappearing after saving (watch out guys!)
  • Read about many more issues in this forum 

I mean, I just started with Dataflow, and I'm already running into a lot of trouble. The commented out code disappearing could really ruin one's day.

 

I have found that by recreating the Dataflow by exporting and importing Json fixes some of these problems.

Be sure to backup query code in notepad just in case!

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jeffshieldsdev
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‎11-26-2019 09:25 AM

Microsoft offically GA'd dataflows in April I think, it was in Preview before that--so it's not in Preview now.

 

That being said, I've noticed some of these issues too.

 

For Premium users, Enhanced Dataflows Compute Engine *IS* in Preview, so I wouldn't rely on that in a production environment.

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