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Anonymous
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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
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    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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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Anonymous

 

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?

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Anonymous
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9 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

The "Tile Detail" option is avaliable in Power BI Service but not in Power BI Desktop. You would need to publish your report to Power BI Service, then pin visual to a dashboard. This way, you will able to view "Tile Detail" option and “Display last refresh time” option.

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang