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Incremental Refresh Error
I get the same error message, and I am too trying to implement incremental reload (as per May release of Power BI).
Honestly, I believe this is a bug as the feature is still in preview.
The error description that I catch is "Unable to connect to the remote server". That tells me that you need to dig for the error elsewhere.
Hi
Thanks for reply,
I am currently changing my source from Json to Oracle DB, Will test this out and if it passes will update you.
However when you mean elsewhere do you mean as in where I am fetching the data from source.
Everything is setup accordingly in the desktop.
Also just remembered, My gateway version is 13.0.5780.159, I found this on the Question mark
What I want to know is how recent is this version and also if the versions Desktop & PowerBI aren't current and, will it affect the incremental refresh.
Regards
In recent versions of both the Desktop and the Gateway software you see not only a version number, but a month and year next to it too on the about screen.
Latest versions from June are:
Desktop: 2.59.5135.421 64-bit (June 2018)
Gateway: 14.16.6724.2 (June 2018)
So your gateway version is at least a few month old, it may predate the release of incremental refresh preview. Thus that may very well be the reason why it doesn't work for you. Try after installing the latest gateway version.
Keeping the gateway and the Desktop up to date is a good idea. The mashup engine used by them differ, but they are kept align in the latest version. At least compatible enough, sometimes with more limitations on the gateway than on the desktop. But your best chance is always to use the latest versions.
P.S.:
Unfortunately you cannot test the incremental refresh locally in the Power BI Desktop software. It is supported only through the gateway.