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Anonymous

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6 years ago

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How to refresh the data automatically in the visuals

Hello Folks, I have got 2 questions: 1. I am getting my data from Common Data Services so the question is what is the best practice to get the data automatically at a given intervals (every 1h, ...

Anonymous
6 years ago
As I can see Common Data Services from Power App is not listed in the above list you shared - means not supported.

I confirmed the same with the support at Microsoft.

Regards.

Anonymous

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6 years ago

In the below Technical Note I cant see the Page Refresh option in my Visual - how come ?

Note that I am using Power BI Pro

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-automatic-page-refresh

v-yingjl
Community Support
6 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,
As the document mentionded, page refresh is applied on the whole page, not for a single visual. If you are using Direct Query mode to connect datasource, you can enable this option to set page auto-refresh, it will refresh all visuals in this page.

Best Regards,
Yingjie Li
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- Anonymous
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  6 years ago
  v-yingjl How to know if I am using Direct Query mode ?
  
  Thanks and regards,
  - v-yingjl
    Community Support
    6 years ago
    Hi Anonymous ,
    It depends on your datasource. If your datasource is like SQL Server... when you connect it, you can choose the connect mode:
    If you have connected to a datasource but forgotten its connection mode, you can see it in the lower right corner of power bi desktop:
    
    In addition, here is a list of data sources which supported Direct Query mode:
    
    Best Regards,
    Yingjie Li
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