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Automatic Data Refresh - How to do it?
You can achieve this by schedule refresh for please follow the link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-scheduled-refresh
The main purpose of Power BI Desktop is to build reports. The Power BI Service (online) is where reporting is viewed from.
As mh2587 mentions, it's possible to set up a scheduled refresh cycle to keep the online reports up to date automatically. This scheduled refresh is like clicking refresh in the desktop app but updates the data stored online (but not your local PBIX file) and prevents you from having to republish whenever you want to update the data.
To bring the desktop file up to date, you click refresh in the PBIX or download a copy from the online service. There usually isn't much need to keep the PBIX always up to date since that file is generally used for building a report rather than viewing and sharing it.
mh2587 Thank you for your reply! That looks like its on the web, not at the Desktop level - essentially bypasses the desktop step. By setting up a scheduled refresh on the web, will that update my desktop version as well the next time I open it?
Ah, definitely something I'm not aware of! Didn't know you could download the .pbix file from the web. Would simply hitting "refresh" in the desktop app accomplish the same thing as this download?