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Incremental Refresh on a dataset with Dataflows as a data source
Hi, I have a question about implementing Incremental Refresh on a dataset that connects solely to Dataflows. I tried setting it up but it appears Dataflows do not support query folding. Few q...
The simple answer is NO.
Many have tried workarounds, but nothing official from @microsoft.
pat_mecee Have you tested this? I ran a test and it seemed to work, but I did not proceed (my responsibility is just to create the dataflow sources and I do not use PBI Desktop or datasets much).
It would be nice to have official communication here.
"Dataflow incremental refresh and dataset incremental refresh are designed to work in tandem. It's acceptable and supported to have an incrementally refreshing entity in a dataflow, fully loaded into a dataset, or a fully loaded entity in a dataflow incrementally loaded to a dataset.
Both approaches work according to your specified definitions in the refresh settings."