Incremental Refresh and Hybrid tables in Power BI: Load Changes Only
The default configuration for the Power BI dataset is to wipe out the entire data and reload it again. This can be a long process if you have a big dataset. Hybrid tables in Power BI keep part of the data in DirectQuery, and the rest is imported for data freshness and performance. In this Read more about Incremental Refresh and Hybrid tables in Power BI: Load Changes Only[…]
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