Measure does not reflect new data after report / query refresh

Hi,

I have an odd PBI behavior / problem that I cannot figure out how to resolve. Here’s a brief description:

When I perform a Refresh Preview of a query from the PQ editor, the query refreshes successfully. This query pulls data from a spreadsheet stored in a MS Teams Channel Documents Folder.

When I perform a report refresh, new data which is correctly reflected in the query, also is correctly reflected in the table (on the Data tab). However, the correct data does not get reflected in a certain measure, and thus also doesn’t reflect the correct value in the visuals that reference this measure. The measure itself is a very simple SUM: Measure = SUM(‘Table Name’[Column])

The only way I have found that I can force the measure to show the updated data is to filter the query from the PQ editor, click Apply, and when that process finishes remove the filter I just added from the query in PQ editor, and apply again. Then after doing this and the report refreshes as part of this process, the measure shows the correct value.

Has anyone one ever heard of behavior like this before, and if so, what a solution might be?

Thank you,

Trey Cook

Hi Trey

Tricky without seeing it in action.
But check in Power Query that the table has Enable Load and Include in Report Refresh both ticked on.

Pete

Hi Pete - Hopefully this doesn’t come across in a negative way, but truly - THANK YOU for suggesting the obvious answer. You were right! I should have use Spock’s rationale (which I think came from Sherlock Holmes) - when you eliminate all the impossible, whatever remains must be true. I got very tunnel-vision focused on this one query - and neglected to consider that it is appended with two other queries into a new query, upon which the measure is based. The query I focused on had both settings checked, but for some reason (probably an accidental click at some point in time), the append query did not have the “Include in Report Refresh” option checked. And when this option is not checked, there’s no visual indicator that it isn’t checked. Anyway, that was the problem. I’m very grateful that you took the time to suggest the obvious!

Best Regards,

Trey

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