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Do you guys typically add a card that shows the last time the data was refreshed?
I had created a seperate table called lastrefreshtime and have a column using this code
= DateTime.LocalNow()
I just noticed when I use automatic refresh it switches the time to utc which I assume is b/c the microsoft server that is handling the sync is in utc. Is there any way to make it just use eastern time zone? or maybe I just add a utc label next to so users aren't confused.
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"Last Refresh Time" is largely meaningless. Power BI will happily "refresh" your stale data over and over again.
Better use a date from your fact table, like "Max Order Create Date" to indicate data freshness.
Just keep DateTime.LocalNow() as-is and add a label next to it saying "(UTC)" to avoid confusion for users.
Example: Last Refreshed: 2025-04-24 18:32 (UTC)
"Last Refresh Time" is largely meaningless. Power BI will happily "refresh" your stale data over and over again.
Better use a date from your fact table, like "Max Order Create Date" to indicate data freshness.
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