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RV
Regular Visitor
10 years ago
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Keyboard Shortcut to Refresh

Hi all,

 

With a previous version of Power BI Desktop, I added the "refresh button" to the quick access toolbar and managed to refresh the dashboard with "Alt+F10". It seems that with the new version, shortchuts are different or disabled. Can anyone help with this please?

 

Thank you,

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

     

     

    Hi RV,

     

       as Eric_Zhang said.

    You just need to hit "Alt" key and this is what you obtain:

     

     

    after that if you digit "y01" or "Y01" you obtain this:

     

     

    so now you just have to digit "y12" or "Y12" and you'll refresh your data.

    Let me know if it works.

     

    p.s. I'm using the latest version (released yesterday).

     

    #I'M Not An Expert#

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  • RV's avatar
    RV
    Regular Visitor
    10 years ago

    Hello again,

     

    I just realised that in the previous version of Power BI Desktop, when hitting the "Alt" key, shorcuts were appear on the screen. This is not the case anymore. I used these shorcuts to refresh and publish data through a macro in Excel. I can't do that anymore.

     

    I know that there are solutions to have Power BI updated regurlarly but I can't use these solutions in my current company.

     

    I would like to know if Power BI Desktop willl enable the keyboard shortcuts again.

     

    Thank you,

     

    • Eric_Zhang's avatar
      Eric_Zhang
      Microsoft Employee
      10 years ago

      Hi RV,

      I don't quite get your problem. I've tested on the latest powerbi, when hitting 'Alt' key I can see the shortcuts.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      10 years ago

       

       

      Hi RV,

       

         as Eric_Zhang said.

      You just need to hit "Alt" key and this is what you obtain:

       

       

      after that if you digit "y01" or "Y01" you obtain this:

       

       

      so now you just have to digit "y12" or "Y12" and you'll refresh your data.

      Let me know if it works.

       

      p.s. I'm using the latest version (released yesterday).

       

      #I'M Not An Expert#

      • RV's avatar
        RV
        Regular Visitor
        10 years ago

        Hi all,

         

        Thanks for your help - it didn't work on the previous version to yesterday's. I'm trying to download the 32-bit update right now, I seem to have a few issues with the download. Once I have it, I'll try it!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Dears

     

    I've recently installed the latest version of PowerBI Desktop and seems the Shortcut option using "ALT" key or "ALT GR" Key has been disabled.

     

    My aim is to automatically refresh a file in a overnight process, using a BAT file and I need to know how to shortcut "Refress All" and "Save" functions.

    Pressing F12, Save As Pop-up window appears, but I cannot get any other shortcut.

     

    Any idea?

     

    Regards,

  • giogua0483's avatar
    giogua0483
    Frequent Visitor
    2 years ago

    Yes thank you
    yes in my version I press ALT and appear the first level of shortcuts.
    I press again H and I have also the second level shortucts of Home menu,
    The refresh button is R but if I press R doesn't happen.

    How it work

    Please may you explain me?

    Thank you