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Automatically adding date for last refresh of data
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
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
PavelR Thanks for your reply.
Sounds pretty easy going when importing data from excel, csv. The thing is, that I use "live" (when refreshing) data from Salesforce repports.
I'm not sure what you mean by showing refresh date when editing tile? Can you explain?
/Anders
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 ZhangAnonymous
For some reason I don't get the "Tile Detail" virw by selecting "..." in upper right corner. I can only select "Export data" - which PBI desktop vesion are you working in?
I've already found the workaround for adding refresh date by using the Query Editor and creating a measure:
But the date for refreshing is not right, by that I mean, I did not press refresh yet - it's a couple of days ago now, but the date shown is today. Properly it will only work from further on?
Tiles are not the reports / visuals. The 'Edit Details' and subsequent 'Tile Details' window are not available for reports/visuals themselves. Why... no idea, let an MVP holler in on that ;)
Anonymous I meant exactly that, what Lydia described.
Pavel
