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MbProg
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10 years ago
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Does updating data process download all data from the source again

Power BI service updates the data of the model in a regular basis (for example once a day). Does it download the whole data everytime again and deletes the current one or does it use some kind of a differential process (just downloading the new and modified data)?

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  • ankitpatira's avatar
    ankitpatira
    10 years ago

    MbProg I guess you're referrign to data refresh in power bi service. if yes then data refresh in power bi service is not delta ie every time it refreshes it takes all the data from source and replace it with existing data in the model.

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    ankitpatira
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    10 years ago

    MbProg I guess you're referrign to data refresh in power bi service. if yes then data refresh in power bi service is not delta ie every time it refreshes it takes all the data from source and replace it with existing data in the model.