I am working on power bi desktop for visualizations. I have SQL server dataset which is on my local machine. I have connected the Data using import connection mode of power bi and loaded the data set into my power bi desktop. I have installed gateway to make connection of my on premises dataset to the power bi service. I have successfully made the connection as well. But when I come to publish my reports It never gets published (taking ages to publish) and just keeps loading for hours that will get published but they never get published.
When I connect the dataset using Query mode connection the reports get published but I cannot further create calculated tables and play with measures and columns effectively.
While in Import connection mode I can do everything except publishing my reports.
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I have Power BI report server setup in my on-premise environment. Here I am trying to connect to the PowerBI report server (on-premise) via the Excel sheet add-in (Power BI publisher for Excel).
I followed the below mentioned article :
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/publisher-for-excel
But in this case I am not able to connect to the on premise PowerBI report server. It is always connecting me with the cloud version of PowerBI.
Can any one help me to know how to fix this issue?
Currently PowerBI addon - publisher-for-excel only Support for PowerBI services not for desktop/On-premises/Report servers.
As it mentioned in the description that When you pin an element from Excel, a new tile is added to a new or existing dashboard in Power BI,
In our case the dashboard feature it-self would not be available in Power BI report server. Eventually, publisher for excel would not be in the consideration with Power BI Report server. For full features list..
I was able to refresh a power BI report using the desktop application. But when I am trying to schedule a refresh using the web application I am getting the following error.
I am getting data using the web source. I am using functions in the connection string. Is there a way I can schedule refresh in this case.
The maximum size for datasets imported into the Power BI service is 1 GB and Power BI Service places a limit on the amount of uncompressed data that is processed during refresh to 10 GB.
If you still hit the above two limitations, you are not able to refresh dataset in Power BI Service. You can use DirectQuery/Live connection mode to connect to your data source instead, or purchase Power BI Premium license to solve this issue.
You can also try to solve the issue by creating a view of the table within the source database
References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/report-server/scheduled-refresh
I'm relatively new to Power bi and my problem is:
I was able to connect and refresh the data connection as anonymous from a Web connection in Power Bi Desktop.
However when I am trying to schedule the refresh to the same report on Power BI Server (after publishing it), it is returning me the following error.
Why is that? How can I fix it?
I want to create a dashboard for our office that shows the progress of my team in real time.
I get the data from an on premises sql database, modeled the data in Power BI Desktop, and want to show the data on a TV that shows the Power BI website.
But how do I keep the data up to date?
I know that the Power BI Website offers a scheduled refresh but I can only set 7 times per day and I want the dashboard to refresh at least every 5 minutes. I also know about the streaming datasets but you cant use them in Power BI Desktop and I want to use custom visualisations. When I try to use Direct Query I get the following message :
This Step leads to a Query which is not supported in Direct Query Mode.
Is it possible to create live dashboards using Power BI? Or do you know software that is more suitable for my purpose?
This is possible with a Power Bi Report Server installed on premises and SQL Server Agent running with your on premises sql database. You develop your report and save it to the Power Bi Report Server. Then you can setup your Data Refresh interval to every 5 minutes.
This walk through shows you how to setup a Data refresh interval for every 2 minutes. Use it as a guide to create your report and save to Report Server.
Once saved to Report Server you can setup a data refresh interval for your report to every 5 minutes.
You will need the latest version of Report Server (March 2018 at the time of this answer) and a the latest version of Power Bi Desktop Optimized for Report Server (March 2018 also). SQL Server Agent will be needed to be installed at your SQL Server. The SQL Server Agent will store the data refresh job specification that you define using the Power Bi Report Server interface.
I know it is possible to adhoc refresh the data on power bi desktop but unlike on power bi online I am unable to find a way of creating a scheduled refresh. I have looked into personal gateways but unable to find a suitable solution. I want the data to be refreshed daily and this data is coming from a postgres database in Amazon Web Service where the data is updated daily.
Power BI desktop(local) have only manual refresh, scheduler is not available in desktop power bi when you want to implement scheduler then follow this link
how-to-configure-schedule-refresh-in-power-bi-reports
when you established a connection using the database and create report and publish on app power bi from power bi desktop after that apply scheduler then it will reflect data changes on every refresh.
Cheers.