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Question About Dataset Refresh Behavior in Power BI
I want to clarify how dataset refresh works in Power BI in the following scenarios: If multiple users trigger a manual refresh at the same time, are the refresh requests queued, or do they run in ...
Hi zaidsaeh
That's correct. Only one refersh operation on one semantic model can be performed at a given time. If this operation is triggered through the workspace, you'll receive the following error:
If you're doing this through Power Automate or via the API, you'll receive a bad request error.
Hi zaidsaeh,
If multiple users trigger refresh at the same time-
Refresh requests are queued, not run in parallel. Only one refresh runs at a time per dataset.
If one user triggers a refresh-
Yes, refresh updates the dataset in service, so all users automatically see the updated data once the refresh completes.