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Hi,
I have created a dataflow with tables A, B, C, then I have imported those tables in Power BI Desktop to create a report; once I publish the report and a new dataset is created in the Service, am I storing twice A, B, C?
In other words, suppose the tables A, B, C have a size of 20MB, am I "duplicating" this size?
Thanks,
Roberto
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hi @Anonymous
Yes, it will store table A n times.
You connect dataflow, it has the same logic for you connect other datasource, then you transform and modeling and create a dataset in power bi service, dataflow is a datasource not a dataset.
For your requrement, you could create a dataset then share/use it to create reports, now it will not store data anymore in power bi service, it is a live connection model for these reports.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-datasets-share
Regards,
Lin
hi @Anonymous
Yes, it will load the data from dataflow and then transform and modeling in power bi desktop, when you publish it to power bi service, it will create a dataset.
https://ssbipolar.com/2019/10/14/power-bite-dataflows-vs-datasets/
Regards,
Lin
Hi @v-lili6-msft,
thanks for your reply.
So if I have to use table A for n reports, in relation with different tables for each report, and then publish all of them, am I storing table A n times?
If yes, I suppose that's not the right way to proceed.
Maybe it could make more sense to create a unique dataset with all relations, store it only once and always use that dataset for the n reports?
The problem with this approach could be that if the other tables are very large I could have performance problems by importing all of them (even if not used).
I hope I've been clear.
Thanks
Regards,
Roberto
hi @Anonymous
Yes, it will store table A n times.
You connect dataflow, it has the same logic for you connect other datasource, then you transform and modeling and create a dataset in power bi service, dataflow is a datasource not a dataset.
For your requrement, you could create a dataset then share/use it to create reports, now it will not store data anymore in power bi service, it is a live connection model for these reports.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-datasets-share
Regards,
Lin