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Dynamic Data Refresh
Hello everyone,
as i wrote in the title, i need a solution for dynamic data updates.
I have a source (exel file) with a table and i want the dashboard automatically refreshed if the exel file changes.
I red about different cloud solutions with a shedule (every hour/day) but this takes to long.
Is there a way to implement such a funktion ?
Thank you in advance!
Kontrast
I think your best bet is saving this excel file in OneBox. The sync between OneBox and PowerBI is pretty frequent.
Otherwise, you may need to use Microsoft Flow with a trigger that says "whenever this Excel file updates, force a refresh on Power BI".
If you truly need realtime response in Power BI, you may want to consider using a DirectQuery approach. However, this will require your dataset to come from a SQL Server connection.
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I think your best bet is saving this excel file in OneBox. The sync between OneBox and PowerBI is pretty frequent.
Otherwise, you may need to use Microsoft Flow with a trigger that says "whenever this Excel file updates, force a refresh on Power BI".
If you truly need realtime response in Power BI, you may want to consider using a DirectQuery approach. However, this will require your dataset to come from a SQL Server connection.
Thank you for your reply!
but yes, it should be nearly realtime and i have no SQL server.
But since its possible to export data with R :
write.table(trim(dataset), file=”your filepath & filename.txt”, sep = “\t”, row.names = FALSE);
maybe there is a possibility to import/refresh with R as well ?
Kontrast,
It is not possible to use R to achieve real-time refresh in Power BI. In addition to other's post, you can purchase Power BI Premium license, which allows to refresh 48 times a day. In other words, you can refresh your dataset every 30 minutes.
Regards,
Lydia
