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GoingIncognito
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How to automate the refreshment of visual when report is displayed on tv?

We put a PBI report on display: bought a big tv that's always on. The data refreshes because the report uses Direct Query. But how to automate the refreshment of the visual to every 5 minutes - without anyone touching the report?

 

Or is it the case that only 3rd party solutions are available as suggested in here.


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sturlaws
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Hi @GoingIncognito 

 

no such functionality in Power BI desktop or Power BI Service.

 

You can look at browser extensions like this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/easy-auto-refresh/aabcgdmkeabbnleenpncegpcngjpnjkc?hl=en

 

Alternatively, you can look at Windows scheduler:
https://thesitedoctor.co.uk/blog/periodically-hit-a-url-with-windows-scheduler/

 

Cheers,
Sturla

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v-shex-msft
Community Support
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HI @GoingIncognito ,

AFAIK, direct query model data refreshed when you interact with visual data, it does not support auto-refresh when you work on the desktop side. Maybe you can try to use live connection mode, it will auto-refresh every 15 minutes.

Data refresh in Power BI 
Regards,

Xioaxin Sheng

Community Support Team _ Xiaoxin
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sturlaws
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Hi @GoingIncognito 

 

no such functionality in Power BI desktop or Power BI Service.

 

You can look at browser extensions like this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/easy-auto-refresh/aabcgdmkeabbnleenpncegpcngjpnjkc?hl=en

 

Alternatively, you can look at Windows scheduler:
https://thesitedoctor.co.uk/blog/periodically-hit-a-url-with-windows-scheduler/

 

Cheers,
Sturla

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