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Anonymous
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SharePoint Online List

Hi everyone!

 

I'm getting my data using SharePoint Online List. I was wondering if I publish my dashboard, will it update in real time as the SharePoint list I got also gets updated?

 

So if I publish a dashboard and then update something from the SharePoint list, will it also update my published dashboard?

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v-yadongf-msft
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Community Support

Hi  @Anonymous ,

 

If you created your datasets and reports based on a Power BI Desktop file, Excel workbook, or comma separated value (.csv) file on OneDrive or SharePoint Online, Power BI performs another type of refresh, known asOneDrive refresh. 

 

Unlike a dataset refresh during which Power BI imports data from a data source into a dataset, OneDrive refresh synchronizes datasets and reports with their source files. By default, Power BI checks about every hour if a dataset connected to a file on OneDrive or SharePoint Online requires synchronization.

 

To review past synchronization cycles, check the OneDrive tab in the refresh history. The following screenshot shows a completed synchronization cycle for a sample dataset.

 vyadongfmsft_3-1668420579748.png

 

 

For more information, please refer to:

Data refresh in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-yadongf-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi  @Anonymous ,

 

If you created your datasets and reports based on a Power BI Desktop file, Excel workbook, or comma separated value (.csv) file on OneDrive or SharePoint Online, Power BI performs another type of refresh, known asOneDrive refresh. 

 

Unlike a dataset refresh during which Power BI imports data from a data source into a dataset, OneDrive refresh synchronizes datasets and reports with their source files. By default, Power BI checks about every hour if a dataset connected to a file on OneDrive or SharePoint Online requires synchronization.

 

To review past synchronization cycles, check the OneDrive tab in the refresh history. The following screenshot shows a completed synchronization cycle for a sample dataset.

 vyadongfmsft_3-1668420579748.png

 

 

For more information, please refer to:

Data refresh in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

 

Best regards,

Yadong Fang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@Anonymous , You can schedule a refresh in power bi service.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data

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