Refresh a query after an other one has finished

[Anonymous]

Hello the community,

I come to you today with a twisted issue. I was not sure if I should create the topic in Power Query or in Service category but here we are !

For one of my datasets I send queries to a REST API that is limited in count of queries I can send per minute (max 60 queries per minut).

In my case, two distinct tables sends 55 queries each. So as long as I refresh only one table at a time in the PBI desktop there is no problem. But in the Service, I can't separate the refresh of this tables so the execute queries simultaneously and the limit of the API is reached and nothing gets refreshed.

I managed dealing with it adding a delay of 2 seconds between each query but it is extremely annoying when working on the desktop and being forced to wait and wait and wait and wait all day long each time I change something.

So my question is : is it possible in the service to refresh one of the table first, and the other table one minut later ? The solution could be in Power query editor but I have no idea how to do this.

Thanks in advance,

Cado

[jeffshieldsdev]

You can use Power Automate to orchestrate refreshes concurrently or sequentially.

[ibarrau · Accepted solution]

Hi. This is interesting and weird at the same time ^^. I like it.

If you want to "wait" for something to be solved, you can use Function.InvokeAfter() in Power Query.

Doc: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/function-invoke

There is an amazing example from Chris Webb in his blog 

https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2015/04/30/using-function-invokeafter-in-power-query/

In addition, you can always consider dataflows to run individual flows for each table if you need to make the refreshes in different times or something like data.

I hope that helps,

[Anonymous]

Hi @ibarrau 

I thought about using Function.InvokeAfter() to ask the second group of queries to wait 60 seconds before starting but then if I want to refrsh only this table in the desktop I will have to wait one minute each time ^^

Maybe data flows will solve my problem, let's get into it 🙂

Thanks for your help and have a nice day !

Cado