What is pagination in data extraction?

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Pagination in data extraction means retrieving large data in smaller batches instead of one load.
Commonly used with APIs that return limited records per request.
In my project, CRM API returned only 1,000 records per call.
We implemented page number parameter to loop through all records.
Power Query function was used to iterate until no more pages existed.
This avoided API timeout and memory overload during refresh.
Also respected API rate limits and throttling rules.
Incremental refresh was combined to pull only new pages daily.
Without pagination, extraction failed for large datasets.
So pagination ensures reliable and scalable data ingestion from APIs.

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