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When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

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Lloyd Jefferies on 09 Oct 2015 22:48:40

Every time I reference a previous query as a Source, Power BI will execute that same query and pull in the data again and again for each of the sub queries, surely this is not efficient!

E.g.
Source = #"My Parent Query"

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Dipak Bhudia on 26 Apr 2021 20:36:42

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

Critical Issue - It's a very typical usage pattern to pull a "MASTER" dataset and then produce many smaller DIMs and other datasets from it.

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Dipak Bhudia on 26 Apr 2021 20:35:09

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

Critical Issue - I believe this issue has been described in a thousand different ways in as many "ideas" and hence not getting the upvotes it needs.

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Mohamed Saleh on 15 Sep 2020 10:03:13

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

Can we get this implemented? This ruins it for me since I reference the same query 10 times.

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David Roers on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:24

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

See/up-vote my related requirement: https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/17709121-allow-me-to-control-order-in-which-queries-load

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Power BI User on 05 Jul 2020 22:35:58

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

Any solution for this problem?

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Fred Lorrain on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:59

RE: When referencing another query as a Source, Stop PBI pulling all the data in again! Pointless!

It's more than not efficient, it's a killer when dealing with Odata feeds coming from SharePoint for example.