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    Topher60657 on 09 May 2018 21:51:12

    Enable Incremental Refresh for Power BI Pro users, not just Premium.

    Administrator on 20 Feb 2020 07:50:33

    Happy to let you know, incremental refresh is now in Pro. Enjoy :)

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    d6419675 4415-4d6a-97eb-4262f9706855 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:38

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    Any update on this feature? It is a really important aspect to take in consideration when choosing a BI platform, eventually our reports start to get really slow to update, turning user experience into something really painful/boring. Can someone provide an official workaround ?

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    af0019aa 9a7e-4776-9021-7b1171cd13bc on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:37

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    I hate to imagine all the unnecessary processing that is being run every day (on our desktops and also app.powerbi.com service) because this (seemingly simple) feature is being overlooked.

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    99b7318c 643b-4c5a-98e8-830ffd91d59e on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:24

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    Using Union - tip from Imke Feldmann - works fantastic! But "only" dubles datasize :(. Please add incremental feature soon. In Eneterprise it is essential. Thx

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    a6c5924e dbf5-4406-aaa6-6882b1c5743b on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:21

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    Any updates on this?

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    8e316038 c72b-42ee-b548-a7746ad8a54e on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:14

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    The latest workaround that in the meantime might help in some cases can be found here: http://www.thebiccountant.com/2017/01/11/incremental-load-in-powerbi-using-dax-union/

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    9534a0be bc11-45cd-b4f1-089df5f967e1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:12

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    it's a must for any BI app and I badly need it in PowerBI

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    d319b19b 2a1e-4259-a662-0af5fe535cdf on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:47

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    Please do something about it. It's very critical for Enterprise datasets.

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    a6abb184 3098-420b-a41b-8331c142c904 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:44

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    '+1 (but given the effort to get around this limitation consider it +1,000)

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    532b58eb 1e08-4081-99ca-ad09d6f59da2 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:41

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    Need this feature for rolling out PowerBI as the one stop shop for Self BI

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    31b95050 cd55-4ef6-a994-d06c605b8510 on 05 Jul 2020 22:37:31

    RE: incremental refresh for Power BI Pro

    If I compare Qlik with Power BI, one disadvantage that we have with Power BI is that the incremental feature is not available. It is a real weakness for Power BI.With Qlik, you can created QVD file and use the incremental Load:
    1.Load new data from Database table (slow, but few records)
    2. Load old data from QVD file (many records, but fast)
    3. Create new QVD file
    Procedure must be repeated for each table

    We need the same feature for Power BI. Do we have a roadmap for this feature?

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