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Refresh data problems
Correct, with the August preview of PowerBI report server, it does not yet support data refresh as noted here. However, it's planned for an upcoming release.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-report-server-august-2017-preview-now-available/
Until the update you have a couple options (1) open and refresh manually with the desktop and save (2) consider using SSDT to open your report model and upgrade it to Analysis Services which support refresh (3) There are 3rd party tools such as power refresh which can do this as a side process.
Community SupportHi shtefanvalery,
When you refresh the report in Power BI report server, is there any error throws out?
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
Hi v-qiuyu-msft,
No, when i click "refresh" it seems like nothing happens.
- v-qiuyu-msft
Hi shtefanvalery,
That refresh button only refreshes the report itself - no refresh of the dataset included in the PBI report. Currently the only option to refresh the imported dataset is to open the report again in PBI Desktop, Refresh the data set here and publish the report again to PBI Report server. You can see comments section in this article: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-report-server-august-2017-preview-now-available/
Best Regards,
Qiuyun YuSo there is no any tricky ways to make it refresh itself automatically on server? What about using SSAS?
