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Peter_PPSA
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How to manage data refresh when source data is occasionally empty?

‎07-12-2021 11:37 AM

I have a data model with several tables that refresh daily.  There are cases where the source data for 1 or 2 tables are empty and this causes the entire data refresh to fail.  Is there a way to accept the blank data source and simply clear out the table in these cases? TIA! 

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GilbertQ
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‎07-12-2021 02:31 PM

Hi @Peter_PPSA 

 

What I would suggest doing is at the data source layer where it comes into Power Query to have a check to see if the table is empty. If it is empty then possibly put in a single dummy row. This will ensure that there is data for the table and not cause the refresh to fail?

 

Currently there is no other way I know of that this will work. 

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