¿Is it possible to detect when a file is updated?

[DavidLL]

¿Is there any way to detect when a file in a share folder is updated so that when it happends it launches a process?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @DavidLL ,

What process do you want to launch in Power BI, Semantic Model Refresh or just a report to check whether the file is updated?

If you want to trigger the semantic model refresh after the data source updating, you can try to integrate with Power Automate.

Here is a solved thread with similar issue like yours, you may refer to it.

For reference: Solved: How to automatically refresh power bi report once ... - Microsoft Fabric Community

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

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[DavidLL]

Thank you, for now I just wanted to know if it was even possible, I haven't gotten into the specifics of how I will do it or what it will do, but thank you very much nontheless.

[rajendraongole1]

Hi @DavidLL -Yes, it is possible to detect when a file in a shared folder is updated, and you can configure a process to launch whenever this happens.

Suppose, If the shared folder is hosted on a cloud service like Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive:Use their APIs to monitor changes. For example:

Google Drive provides "Push Notifications" for file updates.

OneDrive includes a webhook mechanism to monitor updates.

Hope this information helps.