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Will Holley
04/14/2023, 5:42 PMHey – What is the recommended method for loading "Regular" Assets and Source Assets into the same group?
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claire
04/14/2023, 6:21 PMHi Will. One easy way is to use `load_assets_from_package_module`/`load_assets_from_current_module` with the
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Will Holley
04/14/2023, 8:39 PMThanks, Claire.
Will Holley
04/14/2023, 8:40 PMCould you also tell me whether a Source Assets is cached after its initial load or whether each downstream dependency (of the load-calling asset) re loads the source asset?
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claire
04/14/2023, 9:14 PMEach downstream dependency loads the source asset once. Under the hood each asset that reads from the source asset separately calls
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Will Holley
04/14/2023, 9:17 PMAh, that's what I thought. Any way I can disable that?
Will Holley
04/14/2023, 9:18 PMThe source asset hasn't changed between the initial call and the downstream calls
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claire
04/14/2023, 9:23 PMUnfortunately no native way. One workaround would be to have an intermediate asset between the source asset and the downstream assets
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Will Holley
04/14/2023, 9:27 PMHmm ok, thanks for the info!