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lava_
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2 years ago

Should dataflows live in the same workspace as semantic models?

We're in the process of doing implementation planning for an enterprise self-service BI initiative. We've read that it's best practice to use a dataflow inside of a semantic model, but I'm having dif...
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aj1973
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2 years ago

Hi lava_ 

Dataflows are generally speaking sources of truth and meant for reusable purposes. So it's better to keep them in a secure and separate workspace. Know also that one Dataflow can be the source for one or multiple semantic models in different Workspaces.

The refresh process is not related, for semantic models the refresh should trigger after the related Dataflow has completed its refresh.