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 you haven’t already, let me suggest that you read my "Where’s the beef?" posting. In that posting I talked about the fact that data itself is pulled into the workbook when you save it. When you click any of these buttons:

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