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rickylee
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8 years ago
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Can power bi refresh data automatically when new data comes to dynamic 365 database?

Hello, I have a revenue table in power bi (which uses dynamic 365 as the data source) and it is published to dynamic 365 dashboard on a daily basis. However, it is all manually done at the moment....
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    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Hi rickylee,

     

    As I understand, you have a power BI report whcih you then publish to the Power BI Service and then from there to dyamic 365 dashboard - correct?

     

    If so, you can achieve referehsing with scheduled refresh:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    However, the scheduled refresh is fixed so it only happens at the time you've selected - and it is limited to 8 refreshes per day for free and pro users and 48 refrehses a day for premium users.

     

    If you want to "force" a refresh every time data is changed, make a Flow with Microsoft Flow. This solution requires you to make a PowerBI custom connecter in Microsoft Flow. and I got it done with easy-to-follow instructions from this blog. I needed a similar refreshing feature for one of my reports and the only solution I found was making a Flow with Microsoft Flow and creating a custom Power BI connector to Flow. Please note, that the 8 or 48 refreshes a day limit still exists even if you use Flow.

     

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