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viswaaa
Helper II
Helper II

Shared drive data refresh

Hi All,

 

I have a excel located in my share drive and every day it will update by the user.

I need to get the updated data every day from this file to my report.

 

Could any one please suggest how to setup the refresh for this.

 

 

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HarishKM
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

@viswaaa 
Hey,
1) You can move that file to one of your teams page folder on share point or one drive

2) you can use the same link to create connection on power bi desktop using Sharepoint or one drive connector.

3) once done then you can use publish your report to power bi service.

4) for sharepoint, You do not require a gateway to refresh so you can directly setup refresh as per your requirement.

 

Thanks

Harish KM

Please accept this as a solution if this solves your problem and give kudos as well.

 

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v-sdhruv
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @viswaaa ,

Just wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the suggestions provided?
If any of  response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution so other members can easily find it.
Thank You

v-sdhruv
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @viswaaa ,

Just wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the suggestions provided?
Thank you @ToddChitt @Ritaf1983  and @HarishKM  for sharing your inputs.

Adding to the above solution, after publishing the report you can also
Enable Scheduled Refresh:

  • Go to Power BI Service → Dataset Settings → Scheduled Refresh.
  • Set the frequency as per your requirement


If any of the above  responses has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution so other members can easily find it.

Thank You

HarishKM
Memorable Member
Memorable Member

@viswaaa 
Hey,
1) You can move that file to one of your teams page folder on share point or one drive

2) you can use the same link to create connection on power bi desktop using Sharepoint or one drive connector.

3) once done then you can use publish your report to power bi service.

4) for sharepoint, You do not require a gateway to refresh so you can directly setup refresh as per your requirement.

 

Thanks

Harish KM

Please accept this as a solution if this solves your problem and give kudos as well.

 

Ritaf1983
Super User
Super User

Hi @viswaaa 

Please check the options of share point / one drive :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONACyfMvHSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeyDvOgLsw

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

 

Regards,
Rita Fainshtein | Microsoft MVP
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-fainshtein/
Blog : https://www.madeiradata.com/profile/ritaf/profile
ToddChitt
Super User
Super User

This Excel file is located on a File Server? And you have a published Power BI Report deployed to a Workspace, with maybe the App published?

You will need to install a Gateway (please do not use the Personal mode) on a server in the farm. It must have access to the File Share. Then set up a File (type) Data Connection using the Gateway, and specify that file. You should design the Power BI report so that the path to the file is the same relative path as would it would be via Data Connection.

Then set up a refresh schedule for the Powr BI model




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