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ISDG
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2 years ago
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PBI Report Refresh Not Updating Power Query Editor Data

Hi - we use an Excel Sheet from SharePoint as a data source. When the Excel sheet is updated and we refresh the PBI report on the desktop, the report refreshes okay but we also have to open the Query...
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    Idrissshatila
    2 years ago

    ISDG ,

     

    Power query is for transforming the data and it doesn't actually store all the data, it shows only a sample of your data in order for you to transform it, it won't fit to show all the data.

     

    so every time you want to see the updated data in power query you need to refresh it, and this doesn't mean the your report won't be updated unless you go and refresh the power query view.

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christinepayton
Most Valuable Professional
2 years ago

Oh, if your datasource is a Power BI dataset, then the data connection is "live" to the PBI dataset (now called semantic model). That's why refresh is disabled. You would need to refresh the PBI semantic model to get your data to update. Usually people schedule the refresh on that. 

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kaylaquijas
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Yes, our semantic model is scheduled to refresh every morning. This is why it didn't make sense that the Excel Power Query wasn't refreshing when I manually hit refresh. After I ticked that box in the desktop dataset, everything refreshed, and all was right in the world. Thanks!