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Reduce Data Retrieved from OData (Project Online)

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KCinMelbourne
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Reduce Data Retrieved from OData (Project Online)

‎06-03-2019 09:49 PM
Hi all,

I have an O Data feed pulling timesheet data from Project Online. I have 2 issues with this:
1. It pulls all historical timesheet data which I then filter meaning the retrieve is slow considering I only really need 1 month of data at a time. Is it possible to
push the processing back to Project Online so the retrieve time is reduced?
2. The timesheet data itself is found in 2 separate tables and then if any other additional information required (such as resource information and the project
data) comes from 2 more tables. This means I retrieve 4 complete tables, filter the timesheets to current month and then merge to retrieve data from other
tables. Is it possible to push the data merge back so I am only retrieving the columns that I require from each table?

At present, the table takes 4-6 minutes to load but it is a relatively new data set, so as it grows, I'm concerned refresh time will grow as well.

Thanks
KCinMelbourne

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‎06-05-2019 01:22 AM
hi, @KCinMelbourne
If you could try to use Incremental refresh in Power BI.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-premium-incremental-refresh

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Lin
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KCinMelbourne
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‎06-05-2019 01:25 AM
Hi @v-lili6-msft ,

Thanks for your advice, but if I understand this correctly, it is only available to premium customers and we only have pro licenses, so this isn't a solution for
us.

Cheers
KCinMelbourne

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v-lili6-msft
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‎06-05-2019 01:32 AM
hi, @KCinMelbourne
it is only available to premium customers for now, and soon it will be available to pro customers.
Please see that
Amanda Cofsky (Program Manager, Microsoft Power BI) responded · Apr 25, 2019
Thanks for all the feedback on this! We are definitely planning on adding Incremental refresh to Pro. Do know though that it is a fair amount of
work, so it may be a bit before we can give you a more firm timeline.
https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/34198180-incremental-refresh-for-...

Best Regards,
Lin
Community Support Team _ Lin
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KCinMelbourne
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‎06-06-2019 07:11 PM
Thanks Lin @v-lili6-msft ,

I am going to leave the query open for longer as while this is an ideal solution, until it is released, it won't resolve our problem. I will keep an
eye out for that release though - it is good news.

Cheers
KCinMelbourne

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