Append data from file for yesterday

[ivancans]

Hi,

Please help me with the following issue:

I have a query to which I need to append a file(published Google sheets file but maybe  it doesn't actually matter what the format is, I guess). When the next day comes, file will be updated(by a 3rd party) for yesterday. So the file, at any given time, holds data only for yesterday. I need to append data to my query, and when the new day comes, after I refresh file query, it appends the new information to query, keeping old information intact. How do I do that in Power BI?

[Lind25]

This is not possible in Power BI alone. You will need to use something to store the historic data, eg SQL server.

[ivancans]

Can't this be done somehow with incrimental refresh?

[Lind25]

Incremental refersh is only available in Power BI Premium. It may be technically possible (I do not have access Premium) but it is not designed for this type of use and will cause issues that cannot be resolved if there are ever any issues loading data.

[Greg_Deckler · Accepted solution]

I agree with @Lind25 that using incremental refresh for this would be a dicey proposition. I would think that the better way to solve this would be to implement a process that downloads the information each day to a file and use a Folder query.

[ivancans]

Thank you for the answer. This is what I will need to do. Have to find a soltution how to automtically export data from google sheets