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When is a refresh not a refresh?

Ok. This post will be a bit complicated but stick with me. Hopefully, in the end, all will be clear. And the geek in you will love it.

One of the things that users just kind of glance over, but don’t realize the implication, is the fact that PowerPivot is a copy of the data. If [...]

Steps taken during a PowerPivot data refresh

In this posting we will take a more detailed technical look at how the data refresh facility works and the steps that it takes to accomplish a data refresh cycle. Rather than starting with the “Manage data refresh” page, we will assume that you know how to setup a schedule – in this posting, we [...]