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shtefanvalery
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9 years ago
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Refresh data problems

Hello, community.   I've installed on-prem PowerBI Report Server. I was a bit confused, that my desktop client (august report server edition) could work only when laptop is in my organisation domai...
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  • Jon-Heide's avatar
    Jon-Heide
    9 years ago

    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. 

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v-qiuyu-msft
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9 years ago

Hi shtefanvalery,

 

When you refresh the report in Power BI report server, is there any error throws out? 

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu 

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shtefanvalery
Frequent Visitor
9 years ago

Hi v-qiuyu-msft, 

No, when i click "refresh" it seems like nothing happens.

  • v-qiuyu-msft's avatar
    v-qiuyu-msft
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    9 years ago

    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 Yu 

    • shtefanvalery's avatar
      shtefanvalery
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      9 years ago

      So there is no any tricky ways to make it refresh itself automatically on server? What about using SSAS?

      • Muki's avatar
        Muki
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        9 years ago

        Hi!

         

        I'm also having issues with the 'refresh' functionality in Power Bi Server...

         

        My reports are actually based on web data (REST API calls).

         

        It's really a pity that both Powerbi PRO and Powerbi Server account don't offer a solution if you:

         

        1. want to make sure everyone can consume reports without extra powerbi accounts --> which is not possible with PRO

        2. want to make sure your reports are refreshed --> which is lacking in SERVER account

         

        I'm not sure whether how you can combine these 2 licences to have fresh reports which everyone wihtin organization can see without a powerbi account?

         

        regards

        Muki