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PPStar
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2 years ago
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Last Refresh Date in PowerBi

Hi, I have a Dataflow in Power BI Service.    I have added a new column to my dataflow which is    DateTime.LocalNow() as a DateTime type.    The aim is that whenever a refresh happens, this da...
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    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    PPStar  You can use some simple API calls like what I have done in the attached .pbix. Remember though, the visualizations will still need to be refreshed aven after the dataflow and report refreshes.

     

     

     

     

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PPStar
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2 years ago

Thanks. Yes,  i thikn this is the only real way to do this. Bit of an overkill, but thank you very much.  can see why Dataflows work this way... Thanks for your time and help on this. 

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

You're welcome and I agree. I've seen how using date/time M functions can make it work, theoretically, but haven't been able to get it to work in practice.