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AUTO Refresh Power BI report that contains Web Scraping Function
- Anonymous5 years ago
Hi datacauts ,
A dynamic data source is a data source in which some or all of the information required to connect cannot be determined until Power Query runs its query, because the data is generated in code or returned from another data source. Examples include: the instance name and database of a SQL Server database; the path of a CSV file; or the URL of a web service.
In most cases, Power BI datasets that use dynamic data sources cannot be refreshed in the Power BI service. There are a few exceptions in which dynamic data sources can be refreshed in the Power BI service, such as when using the RelativePath and Query options with the Web.Contents M function. Queries that reference Power Query parameters can also be refreshed.
For detailed information about the content, you can check this link:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data#refresh-and-dynamic-data-sources
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
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datacauts did you found your solution? I am kind of facing the similar issue.
I didn't tried it because I abandoned the project... but I saw that for API cases you use the RelativePath in the initial calling function and then it allows to auto refresh. Search about it.