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dhandapani's avatar
dhandapani
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3 years ago

Scheduled refresh for Power BI Desktop

Hi,

I have a PBIX file which is stored in a shared drive (not sharepoint or one drive). I would like to schedule refresh for the same.

But the data source credentials are disabled for me due to the nature of data source. And i do not have the "refresh page" option which comes under visualization tab.

Is there a way to schedule or Automate the manual process of Power BI desktop refresh - Meaning, the automation should open the PBIX from the sharedrive, click on refresh and close the PBIX (this should open on the Scheduled date/time).

 

Please let me know if we have Power Automate or python automation for the same.

Need Help

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  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
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    3 years ago

    Hey dhandapani ,

     

    there is no support for something like this in Power BI.

    You have to figure out a way how you can do that by yourself. So maybe a python script could do that, maybe Power Automate for Desktop, maybe Autohotkey.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍

    Best regards
    Denis

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    • dhandapani's avatar
      dhandapani
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      Please let me know if you have python script or power automate procedure