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DirectQuery run automatically every x seconds

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Frank Thomson on 30 Aug 2016 01:40:46

I want to show a 'live' count of records in my database. Currently i have a directquery with count(*) which gets run when the dashboard refreshes. I want this to happen automatically every x seconds.

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90879487 c7b2-44ee-b82e-a9ce664b358f on 05 Jul 2020 22:51:07

RE: DirectQuery run automatically every x seconds

I would rather suggest you to the newly introduced streaming datasets in Power BI. They offer you the ability to display always the newest data without having the need to refresh at all.

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c2de4365 00fc-4519-8566-4cfd4bcf84ec on 05 Jul 2020 22:44:03

RE: DirectQuery run automatically every x seconds

You should check out the caching it's new in Power BI. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-custom-cache-refresh-schedules-in-the-power-bi-service/