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This is the already implemented original solution: Use Import mode with refresh scheduled outside maintenance windows. Imported data stays available in its cached model even when the source is temporarily offline. It does not itself solve the new requirement.

This observes the original approach but is not an additional action: Reports still open with the last refreshed snapshot while the database is down.

This remains unsuitable for the original situation: Live source queries may fail when the database is unavailable. It also does not meet the changed need.

This might be appropriate after a different requirement arises: The source begins delivering an optional field that is absent some days. It is not the best initial response to the stated case.

This addresses a separate source situation: A procurement model must combine SQL inventory data with a public web commodity-price feed. It does not directly satisfy this case's priority. In the current question, this comparison is made against: A production report needs additional source columns, and Power Query currently uses a hardcoded column selection. Which TWO entries together identify the most appropriate initial action and direct observed evidence of its success? (Select TWO.)

Visual cosmetics cannot override an upstream Power Query column selection. The proposed shortcut 'Change a visual title and expect the new source field to appear automatically' fails the documented need.

This addresses a different case: A procurement model must combine SQL inventory data with a public web commodity-price feed. It is not the specific defect in 'Change a visual title and expect the new source field to appear automatically'.

Product familiarity is not evidence of suitability. The actual defect in this proposal is: Visual cosmetics cannot override an upstream Power Query column selection.

This is reasoning supporting the preferred solution 'Review the query's navigation and column-selection transformations', but it does not directly name the defect in the proposed shortcut.

A future test is not yet observed operational evidence. The verification must establish: The requested column appears with the right type after a successful refresh.

This belongs to a different case: A procurement model must combine SQL inventory data with a public web commodity-price feed. It does not validate the current change. In the current question, this comparison is made against: A production report needs additional source columns, and Power Query currently uses a hardcoded column selection. After implementing Review the query's navigation and column-selection transformations, which observation BEST demonstrates that the intended result is actually working?

Approval of a proposed design is not evidence of working behavior. The required observation is: The requested column appears with the right type after a successful refresh.

This is the already implemented original solution: Review the query's navigation and column-selection transformations. A Select Columns step may exclude source fields added after the query was created. It does not itself solve the new requirement.

This remains unsuitable for the original situation: Visual cosmetics cannot override an upstream Power Query column selection. It also does not meet the changed need.

This observes the original approach but is not an additional action: The requested column appears with the right type after a successful refresh.

Secrets in query text can be exposed and complicate credential rotation. The proposed shortcut 'Embed a plaintext database password as a literal in the M query' fails the documented need.

This addresses a separate source situation: An operations wallboard must reflect changes in a large operational SQL table without waiting for a daily refresh. It does not directly satisfy this case's priority.

This might be appropriate after a different requirement arises: The organization mandates identity-based authentication instead of a saved password. It is not the best initial response to the stated case.

This addresses a different case: An operations wallboard must reflect changes in a large operational SQL table without waiting for a daily refresh. It is not the specific defect in 'Embed a plaintext database password as a literal in the M query'.

This is reasoning supporting the preferred solution 'Configure the supported connection and manage credentials through Power Query and service settings', but it does not directly name the defect in the proposed shortcut.

Product familiarity is not evidence of suitability. The actual defect in this proposal is: Secrets in query text can be exposed and complicate credential rotation.

This belongs to a different case: An operations wallboard must reflect changes in a large operational SQL table without waiting for a daily refresh. It does not validate the current change.

A future test is not yet observed operational evidence. The verification must establish: The report refreshes while the credential is stored in supported settings.

Approval of a proposed design is not evidence of working behavior. The required observation is: The report refreshes while the credential is stored in supported settings.

This remains unsuitable for the original situation: Secrets in query text can be exposed and complicate credential rotation. It also does not meet the changed need.

This observes the original approach but is not an additional action: The report refreshes while the credential is stored in supported settings.

This is the already implemented original solution: Configure the supported connection and manage credentials through Power Query and service settings. Managed connection settings separate authentication from reusable transformation logic. It does not itself solve the new requirement.

This might be appropriate after a different requirement arises: Management later needs archive comparisons for a special audit. It is not the best initial response to the stated case.

Visual filtering does not reduce the underlying imported dataset. The proposed shortcut 'Import all history and hide old years only in a report page filter' fails the documented need.

This addresses a separate source situation: A team needs to query an on-premises Oracle system from Power BI Desktop but has not installed its required local provider. It does not directly satisfy this case's priority. In the current question, this comparison is made against: An analyst wants to import a large table but only needs the last two completed financial years. Which approach BEST meets the stated Microsoft Power BI requirement?

This is reasoning supporting the preferred solution 'Apply a foldable source filter before loading the fact table', but it does not directly name the defect in the proposed shortcut.

Product familiarity is not evidence of suitability. The actual defect in this proposal is: Visual filtering does not reduce the underlying imported dataset.

This addresses a different case: A team needs to query an on-premises Oracle system from Power BI Desktop but has not installed its required local provider. It is not the specific defect in 'Import all history and hide old years only in a report page filter'.