--- title: "Speed Up Power BI Refresh with Query Folding & DirectLake" url: https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-power-bi-refresh-with-query-folding-directlake-pjdr28qlu source_url: https://blog.gopenai.com/refresh-power-bi-models-in-minutes-query-folding-directlake-8f5d7b3667f8 type: article source: "GoPenAI" published: 2025-04-22T12:50:23.640Z updated: 2025-04-22T12:50:41.063Z tags: ["backend", "big-data", "data-engineering", "power-bi", "microsoft-fabric"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 3 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Speed Up Power BI Refresh with Query Folding & DirectLake **[GoPenAI](https://daily.dev/sources/gopenai)** · 5 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to significantly reduce Power BI model refresh times by combining query folding and DirectLake. Understand the causes of slow refreshes, techniques to maintain query folding, and the advantages of DirectLake for real-time data querying. Discover step-by-step patterns for implementing these strategies effectively, leading to faster refreshes and lower compute costs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#big-data](https://daily.dev/tags/big-data), [#data-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/data-engineering), [#power-bi](https://daily.dev/tags/power-bi), [#microsoft-fabric](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-fabric) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-power-bi-refresh-with-query-folding-directlake-pjdr28qlu)