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nicolajb
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10 years ago
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Refresh live connection (why)??

Hi,   I'm having a hard time understanding the logic of the refresh functionality. I use the gateway to connect live to both Tabular and Multidimensional cubes.  Even though these connections are...
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    ankitpatira
    10 years ago

    nicolajb I have noticed even when DirectQuery feature I see Refresh Now option and my understanding of it is that Refresh Now will also include any metadata changes that you have ie added or removed columns. With DirectQuery you connect live but you don't update metadata changes.

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ankitpatira
Community Champion
10 years ago

nicolajb I have noticed even when DirectQuery feature I see Refresh Now option and my understanding of it is that Refresh Now will also include any metadata changes that you have ie added or removed columns. With DirectQuery you connect live but you don't update metadata changes.

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    nicolajb
    Frequent Visitor
    10 years ago

    ankitpatira, that makes perfect sense! Thanx a lot :-)