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I am unable to scehdule refresh for an excel file which is saved at the Shared newtwork drive. The option is greyed out.
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Thanks for the reply from danextian .
When the data source used by the report is local and you need to refresh it in the service, you need to configure a gateway as a bridge between the local data source and the service.
Connect to the Excel file using the path \\servername\issueexport\jiraexport_its.xlsx.
The specific operation steps are similar to the document below. Just change the SQL Server data source mentioned in the document below to File.
Manage your data source - import and scheduled refresh - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.
Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
Hi @Anonymous ,
Thanks for the reply from danextian .
When the data source used by the report is local and you need to refresh it in the service, you need to configure a gateway as a bridge between the local data source and the service.
Connect to the Excel file using the path \\servername\issueexport\jiraexport_its.xlsx.
The specific operation steps are similar to the document below. Just change the SQL Server data source mentioned in the document below to File.
Manage your data source - import and scheduled refresh - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.
Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team
If there is any post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
Hi @Anonymous
Is there an existing data gateway for the files stroed in your network shares?
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