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Anonymous
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9 years ago
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Automatically adding date for last refresh of data

Hi   Is it somehow possible to automatically adding a date to your dashboard that tells the last date for refreshing your data?   Thanks
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

    You can directly use the last refresh time in tile of dashboard. Clicking the ... on the top right hand corner of the tile, then select Tile details and select  “Display last refresh time” as shown in the following screenshots. The refresh time will now show at the top of the tile.


    Another method is to generate Last Refreshed Date with Power Query, then create the Last Refreshed Measure and add it to dashboard. For more details, please review the following blog:
    http://www.excelguru.ca/blog/2016/06/08/display-last-refreshed-date-in-power-bi/


    Thanks,
    Lydia Zhang

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PavelR
Solution Specialist
9 years ago

Hi Anonymous

 

it depends on you data source. When I use excel, csv etc. I use Date modified field from file header. When I use DW data I use the log tables with information about last refresh of data. Then I create simple table(s) with these dates and pin it as tile to dashboard.

 

If you want last date of refresh that was done by Power BI Service, then you can use the option to show refresh date when editing tile.

 

Regards.

Pavel

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karimk
Helper III
8 years ago
PavelR 
Can you go through the steps to achieve this?