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    Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

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    Rui Romano on 23 Nov 2015 23:07:10

    Provide a way to programmatically refresh data from a PowerBI Desktop file.
    For example using a cmdline: "PBIDesktop.exe MyReport.pbix -refreshAll"

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    84faef54 b842-46db-83ad-5b4b3a95f3cc on 16 Aug 2020 03:58:54

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    Need this command line tool or an api to download a pbix from service

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    8cb415e0 0fba-4b33-9a0a-e2875c3bb45a on 16 Aug 2020 03:56:12

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    Need to have API to do this in portal

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    48b84bc0 55ac-4f60-b84a-7fe6ad7299ba on 16 Aug 2020 03:55:20

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    Someone posted about Power Update tool, but when I ask about it to my reps no one knows anything about it. Where can I tell them to get it?

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    6a9ddec9 c276-4a14-b78d-24101179d563 on 16 Aug 2020 03:54:56

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    Must have!

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    51603fe4 14c0-455d-9082-11f708c9df9c on 16 Aug 2020 03:51:57

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    I think this option is already available in Power BI. Like Travis said, you can use a scheduled refresh of your dataset.

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    12fa310c 15c5-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 16 Aug 2020 03:51:52

    RE: Programmatically refresh PowerBI Desktop files data

    You might want to check out Power Update - it can perform scheduled refreshes of both Excel/PowerPivot and Power BI Desktop files. Our local Microsoft rep hooked us up with it and it is working well.