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Dataflow vs Dataset refresh
- 7 years ago
>So I assume the dataflow is much like a data storage component on its own that manages the updating from the data source, wherever that may be
That's correct, technically PBI's Dataflow uses Azure Data Lake Gen2 for storage.
One use case I plan to use this dual refresh structure for, is to handle sources (e.g. static files) that don't need to be refreshed in Dataflows where they'll be imported but not under scheduled refresh. I've found PBI's scheduled refreshes to fail easily, so cutting down the service's scheduled refreshes to sources that actually need to be refreshed should lower incidents (e.g. web API timeouts, credential issues etc.).
- 7 years ago
Hi,
After internal checking, it seems that the next refresh time update (without browser refresh) was fixed and is should be available in the following updates.
I will keep monitor it.
Thanks,
Assaf
Hi otravers
Please do share once you finally get the email.
Good news, detailed triggers and actions for dataflows are coming soon to Power Automate which will make this refresh orchestration much easier. See 33 minutes into this video:
https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/d784f75a-f081-468d-84b2-d500142c5998