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Automatic Data refresh support for on premise SQL server
There is no automatic data refresh as you describe, using a push idiom. Everything is a pull from Power BI Service.
With an imported data model, you'll need to set up the Personal Gateway, and schedule your refresh in the Power BI Service.
With a DirectQuery or live connection to a SQL or SSAS source, the query is generated by Power BI Service with every report interaction.
These setups do not permit changes to an Azure or on-prem data source to propagate changes to datasets in Power BI Service. All action is initiated from Power BI Service.
The exception is a streaming dataset using Azure Event Hub to push a streaming data source to a live dashboard / report, or using the Power BI REST API to push data programmatically to a dataset in Power BI Service. You would know if you were utilizing one of these methods.
So when I use Power BI Desktop and use 'Get Data' to connect to a sql server table and load that data, create my report and publish the report, does that mean the connection is setup and any further changes to the data in the sql server table will automatically be shown in the power bi report?
Or do I still need to setup the gateway?
There is no automatic data refresh as you describe, using a push idiom. Everything is a pull from Power BI Service.
With an imported data model, you'll need to set up the Personal Gateway, and schedule your refresh in the Power BI Service.
With a DirectQuery or live connection to a SQL or SSAS source, the query is generated by Power BI Service with every report interaction.
These setups do not permit changes to an Azure or on-prem data source to propagate changes to datasets in Power BI Service. All action is initiated from Power BI Service.
The exception is a streaming dataset using Azure Event Hub to push a streaming data source to a live dashboard / report, or using the Power BI REST API to push data programmatically to a dataset in Power BI Service. You would know if you were utilizing one of these methods.
HI,
I am using Power BI Rest API. The problem is that I still have to press "refresh" to se the result.
How can I get automatic refresh in Power BI using Power BI Rest API?
Regards Karl
Using the REST API for this is kind of clunky, but it's what I'm currently doing. Assuming you already have some kind of automated task pushing data to Power BI using the API, you will only see real time (meaning you don't have to press refresh) changes to your data if you have pinned report elements to a DASHBOARD. Currently there is no such thing as a real time report.
