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Auto Refresh Powerbi data in Powerpoint
Thanks a lot for the link. However we tried it with some colleagues, at the moment when the PowerPoint is in slide show and the data is refreshed a message is dispalyed in the bottom left corner of the screen, saying that fresh data is ready and can be refreshed by clicking on the button. How to have this refresh done without asking for the user's input?
Thanks a lot for your help,
Samuel
Hey Samuel_Tavern ,
You can configure the add-in to automatically refresh while in slide show. please read this blg post with the details: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/supporting-continuous-slide-shows-in-power-bi-storytelling-add-in/
Once you set the refresh frequncy, it will automatically pull data from Power BI while running in slideshow, without any human interaction.
Thanks, Maya
Hi Maya,
Thanks a lot for your answer, indeed after further tests it does work smoothly!!
There is still a big hurdle remaining for us to adopt this solution to display data, it is that the PowerPoint slideshow pauses if another software is used on the computer at the same time. I guess this is more of a PowerPoint issue than a PowerBI one anyway.Best regards,
Samuel
Hi, So I'm facing a issue regarding this topic. I have the PPT embed with the PBI report and it refresh only when I open the file and go through each page. But I'm trying to do an auto refresh without open the file and then sending PDF file from it. How can I make the PPT refresh for this purpose?
I'm using the following flow, but as I said the ppt still without refreshing the Power BI visuals:Hey amgarav ,
For you scenario I would suggest to use a Power BI API that the lets you export Power BI Report as static PDF: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/sv-se/blog/export-report-to-pdf-pptx-and-png-files-using-power-bi-rest-api/ and not the Power BI add-in, which was created for more dynamic presentation.
Thanks, Maya
