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What are options for data refresh using Power BI Designer?
1. Yes you can refresh data from supported sources..Check this
2. If you are connected to supported sources above & can scedule a refresh, try savinf and connect the pbix file from OneDrive business or personal , when it fetces the new data it will also refresh your data model with any new measures and/or visuals from reports..
Tested & posted yesterday: https://medium.com/@Konstantinos_Ioannou/refresh-powerbi-designer-data-model-visuals-815a11ab5eb6
For unsupported data sources we have been using a 3rd party tool called Power Udpate to refresh our data. We use it to connect to our power pivot/power query models that source from onprem data such as Multidimensional cubes and SQL databases. It's free to try....
http://www.powerpivotpro.com/2015/02/introducing-power-update/
Ah yes, forgot about Rob's (and team) awesome contribution. Thanks!
