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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
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

Advocate II

7 years ago

While these methods aren't exactly onerous... why is this not just off the shelf functionality for PowerBI desktop?

Basic dynamic metadata for a report... It should be simpler than this.

In PowerBI desktop, I should just be on the Insert Menu and configurable the same as any other visual/shape etc - Last Refresh Date/TIme