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robsanser
New Member
6 years ago

Power BI Web Update

Good afternoon We have a user who needs the data you upload through the Power BI Desktop App to be automatically updated on the Power BI web without having to update that data manually from the P...
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amitchandak
Super User
6 years ago

robsanser , power bi service should get updated automatically.

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    robsanser
    New Member
    6 years ago

    The point is that you are not automatically updated the data in this particular case.

    The user has the Power BI Administrator role.

    Do we have to give him any extra permission or how can this problem be solved?

    Thank you

    • v-xicai's avatar
      v-xicai
      Community Support
      6 years ago

      Hi robsanser ,

       

      >>We have a user who needs the data you upload through the Power BI Desktop App to be automatically updated on the Power BI web without having to update that data manually from the Power BI Desktop App.

       

      1.From your description, if the words "needs the data you upload through the Power BI Desktop App to be automatically" are referred to that the data of data source needs to update, you may upload or move the files of data source to cloud service, such as SharePoint Online , OneDrive,,,etc,  then use related connector SharePoint Folder connector and  Web connector to get data . 

       

      By default, Power BI checks about every hour if a dataset connected to a file on OneDrive or SharePoint Online requires synchronization. That is to say OneDrive refresh synchronizes datasets and reports with their source files automatically.

       

      2.If the words "needs the data you upload through the Power BI Desktop App to be automatically" are referred to that you need the data which is via some actions like transform data in Query Editor, create columns, change data model ,,,etc to update automatically, then you may need to publish the .pbix again from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service once it changed via the actions above.

       

      In Addition, if the data source is on premise and couldn't be moved to cloud service, you may need to install gateway and configure Schedule refresh to get updated data. see more: :On-premises data gateway , Add a data source ,Configure scheduled refresh . Of course, this is suitable for the scenario 1 above.

       

      What's more, there is no requirement for the license or extra permission to get updated data in scenarios above, unless you would like to get more refresh times.

       

      Best Regards,

      Amy 

       

      Community Support Team _ Amy

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