Using The “Skip Test Connection” Option For Power BI Data Sources To Avoid Scheduled Refresh Failures

One of the most popular blog posts I have written in recent years is this post on how the RelativePath and Query options for the Web.Contents() M function can be used to allow datasets that use web services as data sources to refresh successfully in the Power BI Service. It’s very frustrating when you write some complex M code in Power BI Desktop and find that your dataset can’t be refreshed after it has been published!

Source : Chris Webb’s BI Blog
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