Ezaz Ahamad on 02 Aug 2016 15:29:23
There must be an option to refresh data through schedule in power bi desktop application. Please add this important feature.
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RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
There are situations where PBI desktop can use a data source that the Power BI Report server cannot use - in this case it is necessary to have an auto refresh function in PBI desktop. Like I am facing in fetching ApInsight Telemetry in Power BI.
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Really need to keep Desktop updated with Power Query of Excel to get valid scheduled updates in PBI service.
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Desperately needed
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
For near real-time On-premise data, Round trip to portal takes too long, requires an on-prem gateway, and currently doesn't allow for 2-5 minute refreshes. Ideally, I'd like a setting in Desktop that sends the Queries to On-premises sources and once all the data returns, send it again so I get as close to a real-time dashboard as possible but accounts for variations in network and database response speeds (dynamic). Please not something that is blinky on each update.
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Very important. As well because the dataload over Gateway is not always running!
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Yes this should really be part of the standard solution!! A schedule once per day is tbh useless.
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Is it already done :-) ?
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Very important and powerful utility
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
Is there any way to do this with a Windows PowerShell script? Like a Python selenium for your desktop?
PowerBI doesn't have VBA like Excel. I would normally write, on open, refresh All.
RE: Auto refresh data in Power BI desktop
This function is very important if PBI should be used professionally.