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refresh only one data source out of several

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Bikash Deb on 08 May 2016 04:21:13

If you have multiple sources of data, with some large and small it would be ideal if you could just refresh one source (small) so it speeds up the process of updating the dashboard massively.

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Nivy Thomas on 10 Feb 2021 20:39:08

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

I wonder why this has not been considered yet. It should be a must have feature for Power BI service.

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Jaanis Veinberg on 10 Nov 2020 09:59:12

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

Definetely needed, would help PBI to have an edge on the competition! Very necessary.

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Brett Rosequist on 06 Jul 2020 00:16:18

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

Would be very useful - I need to make minor updates in smaller data sources. But this is always problematic since there's a large data source which takes about 1/2 hour per refresh.

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jim on 06 Jul 2020 00:10:00

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

need a feature to schedule refresh rate for different data sources. Some large source only need a weekly refresh whether small one need hourly refresh.

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Raphael Lins on 06 Jul 2020 00:09:29

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

it will be very useful when Power BI develop this improvement

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Power BI User on 06 Jul 2020 00:05:50

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

It's just a shame that Power BI doesn't allow to select sources to update... It makes the refresh feature useless for the most of my reports.

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jose valdes on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:58

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

check box "Include in report refresh" only works in desktop. I have the problem in power bi service.

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Ellie Nguyen on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:52

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

If you right click each of the data source in Edit Queries window, there should be a check box "Include in report refresh" where you can decide whether or not to refresh that source.

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Chandu on 06 Jul 2020 00:01:44

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

It's already more than 3.5 years and still this feature is not implemented, Surprised !!!

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Power BI Ideas Admin on 05 Jul 2020 23:59:00

RE: refresh only one data source out of several

This is a vital requirement as often i want to refresh only specific queries which has been modified and not others.