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Henn Sarv's avatar
Jun 24, 2021
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Refresh All Order

I have several PowerQuery connections on workbook and some Pivot Tables based on results

 

When I do Data/Refresh All then 

 

  • 1st is refreshed pivot tables and
  • 2nd PowerQueries

so I need manually refresh things in right order or refresh all twice - a bit frustrating

Is there ANY way to assign refreshing order or is some hope that in future this ordering will be fixed

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  • NikolinoDE's avatar
    NikolinoDE
    Gold Contributor

    Henn Sarv 

     

    Query and process data with Excel and Power BI

    Excel offers the option of automatically updating queries at specific time intervals or when the file is opened. This can be beneficial if the source file changes frequently and you want to make sure you always have the latest data.

    On the other hand however, it can lead to disruptive delays.

    So it always depends on the respective Use case depends on whether an automatic update makes sense.

    If the list of queries is not visible, open it via Data - Queries and Connections.
    Right click on a query and choose Properties In the Query Properties dialog you can,

    for example, set the query to be updated every hour.

    Or you can have it automatically update each time you open the file.

    If you enable this setting, you also have the option to use the “Remove data from external data area before saving worksheet”.

    This means that the table with the imported data does not match the workbook
    is saved, but must always be reloaded.


    This reduces the file size, especially with large tables.

    Another benefit of this setting is that
    Data security: In the case of sensitive source data within a company network, the file is
    with the query unusable as long as the user is outside the network.

     

    Manual updates are even faster with the key combination Ctrl + Alt + F5.

     

    I'm not a specialist in external connections, as well as Power Queries and Power BI.

    Can only handle languages ​​well and have researched this for you on the Internet.

    All information without guarantee :)).
    Hope this information can help you. If this is not what you are looking for please ignore it.

     

    Thank you for your understanding and patience

     

    Nikolino

    I know I don't know anything (Socrates)

     

    • Henn Sarv's avatar
      Henn Sarv
      MCT

      NikolinoDE - unfortunately no help

       

      both options are well known and I know how to use them. My question is 

      "how to control the ORDER excel makes refresh (actually both during opening or during refresh all)

      Actual behavior - all Pivot Tables refreshed first

      All Queries refreshed after that

      Logical order for refresh all might be dependency order like for formulas

       

      PS! I'm 25+ Year Excel user (quite prof) but this particular option is hidden for me

      PPS! and please don't offer create macros to refresh is predefined order - I know how to use macros but I hate macros.

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