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.
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My business doesn't like using Direct Query. They believe in putting all data in to Power BI via the 'Import' option. This means that whenever our team wants to refresh the data in a Power Bi dashboard, they must:
Download the .pbix file from the SharePoint where they're published.
Open that file in Power BI desktop.
Click to refresh the data from our SQL server.
Re-publish the dashboard.
This has to be done for every single dashboard that we have. This is plainly absurd.
Can either Power Apps or Power Automate be used to refresh several dashboards at once? I don't know what licensing I have for Power Apps, but when I went through the list of connections that the web version let me use, I saw no options for Power BI. As for Power Automate, I saw no way to access my dashboards.
If your data is hosted in your internal network, you need to install the Data Gateway on a machine in your network. You can then use that data gateway for scheduled refresh and don't need to download/refres/upload the pbix file.
The Data Gateway is a free download. You can find links to that in the menus of the Power BI online interface.
Why Power BI service does not refresh data automatically. The forums mention that with Power BI Pro license allows to schedule refresh 8 times and Power BI Premium allows us to schedule refresh with a higher frequency. There is always an option to manually refresh the dataset/dashboard.
Does that mean Power BI does not provide the ability for live reporting.
We are not sure when was the last update for the dashboard.
Please suggest if we have some workaround. Iam using web api as data source.
Real-time reports are possible with push or streaming datasets.
DirectQuery is another possibility for frequently changing data.
What's your connection ? DirectQuery or import in your current report ?
Schedule refresh for your dashboard does not mean your data will refresh, you have to refresh your dataset also, and depending your source if you are using dataflows it will refresh your last dataset update. I'll suggest you to check out guy in the cube channel on youtube.
I am using Sharepoint List and OData Feed for my Power BI reports using import. What I want to accomplish is that my power bi desktop to get updated data and publish to power bi service even if I'm not around. Is it possible? I have a colleague who can refresh it for me but the logic is that he'll be creating a new power bi project service (I think).
You cannot schedule a report to refresh in Power BI Desktop, you have to do it via a manual process.
You will need to publish the report to the Power BI Service, you can then set a refresh schedule there and the report will refresh automatically from your data source. You will not have to recreate the report or upload it again one it is there.
First publish your Power BI desktop to Power BI Services, which will enable auto refresh.
Power BI has direct connectors for SharePoint so you can set schedule auto refresh. And for connecting SharePoint OnPrem you can use Data connectors.
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 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.