schedule refresh

[jakewatson]

I'm not seeing any options to schedule refresh on powerbi imported reports. I do not have the options from this article. Can someone help? Configure scheduled refresh - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

[jakewatson]

I'm using a dataset from dataverse (powerapp). But when importing, there is an option for DirectQuery - automatically pulls most

up to date data, or Import which needs to be manually refreshed. I'm using the Kmport

option (for a variety of reasons). I don't believe this refreshes on any set schedule unless it's set up. I should be able to set the schedule but I don't have the option to. 

[v-jingzhan-msft]

Hi @jakewatson 

Schedule refresh is a feature in Power BI Service. After you publish a Import mode report to the service, you will have a semantic model for this report. In the workspace, find the semantic model, click ... (More options) and go to its Settings page. 

On this Settings page, you need to first set the data source credentials for the data sources used in the semantic model. If you have on-premises data sources, you need to configure the data sources on a gateway. Then you can go to Refresh section to configure the schedule refresh. Just like below. 

The "Scheduled Refresh" section may have been renamed to "Refresh" while the official document hasn't been updated in time. Hope this would be helpful. 

Best Regards,
Jing
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[jakewatson]

Am I missing something? No idea where to find semantic model settings etc.

[v-jingzhan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @jakewatson 

Schedule Refresh is only available in Power BI Service, not in Power BI Desktop. From the screenshots, you are using Power BI Desktop. So you have to refresh the data manually through either of the following ways:

In Power BI Desktop refresh of report visuals, data refresh, and schema refresh all happen together using

• Home ribbon > Refresh button
• Home ribbon > Transform data > Close & Apply button
• The context menu (right-click or select the ellipsis) on any table then choosing Refresh data

Best Regards,
Jing
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[vicky_]

By PowerBI imported reports, do you mean that you've connected to an existing dataset on PowerBI service? If so, there's no need to schedule a refresh, as the data in your report will be querying from the latest data in the original dataset. As long as the source is refreshed, your report should be using the most up-to-date data.