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Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

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Shawn Davis on 19 Aug 2015 23:26:55

Pro users have the ability to schedule refresh for daily (intra day) and weekly. For some datasets, monthly is the right cadence. Can we have a scheduled refresh option that is Monthly (and lets us choose which day of the month the refresh is to occur)?

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15268b6e 86e9-4957-8e3f-e74eb435e69c on 05 Jul 2020 23:07:36

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

I just published a report and went in to schedule a monthly refresh aaaaand... no. I can't believe that this isn't already an option.

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77a0de34 bdc8-4c7d-a741-86aeee0aaadf on 05 Jul 2020 23:06:32

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

This is a much required feature as most of our reports need to be refreshed monthly and on a specific day. There is no point in refreshing reports weekly or daily just to automate the process.

I see that this idea was posted more than 2 years back.
What is the status of this request?

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d9ba5851 28cc-459c-9658-a8471470dcc3 on 05 Jul 2020 23:05:52

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

Yes please! One of our SQL servers is not so fast so I don't want to steal resources more frequently than month unless I need to.

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6473792d c27e-4573-b906-eec10096a3f9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:03:09

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

Yes, please. We need this for datasets where we need a snapshot at a point in time each month.

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b54fc4f6 fa7e-4728-a1e0-405e6aac8904 on 05 Jul 2020 22:53:57

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

Yes please, this would be very helpful and reduce loads on MS servers. We would like some reports updated on the 10th month each month for example. We are currently scheduling to refresh every day and forcing an error if they day of month is incorrect to prevent the refresh.

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637bac26 bcdb-4cf5-87ee-addabe6ac51e on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:12

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

I would like to have the "Monthly" refresh available as well.

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b21b2244 da30-47cd-b954-d373f45751e9 on 05 Jul 2020 22:48:04

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

this would be really useful

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25b8042b 93d6-4424-973f-33647c36b812 on 05 Jul 2020 22:46:18

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

What's the status of this request? Can we please get a "Monthly" refresh schedule option which allows us to select a specific month date (e.g. - 2nd of the month, etc) for the refresh to occur? Some of our datasets need this refresh frequency. Thanks

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d8951d50 9c55-46c2-98cb-6237afc4fbc4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:45:01

RE: Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

It would be useful and is available for scheduling options in other BI tools.

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f6ca137c ef95-41a4-b087-1993261a5197 on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:29

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Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option