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JordanAdam98
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1 year ago
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How to implement a live data visualisation in the fabric ecosystem?

Hi.   Sorry this is going to be a very general question however im stuck on even architechting what I want.   To make a crud application in the fabric universe is not too complicated. Create a po...
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    v-veshwara-msft
    1 year ago

    Hi JordanAdam98 ,

    Thanks for sharing your requirement in Microsoft Fabric Community.

    As mentioned by MJParikh  and tayloramy , the two main options in Fabric are either Power BI with Direct Lake/DirectQuery and automatic page refresh, or Real-Time Dashboards connected to KQL/Eventhouse for continuous updates.

     

    Since your scenario sounds closer to a CRUD-style application where updates may only happen every few minutes or half an hour, using a Fabric Warehouse or Lakehouse as the data source with DirectQuery/Direct Lake and enabling auto page refresh in the report is usually the simplest approach. That way, the report can stay open on a screen and pull in changes without any manual refresh.

    For Reference: Automatic page refresh in Power BI Desktop - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

     

    If you need the visuals to update every few seconds instead of minutes, using Real-Time Dashboards would be the better option.

     

    Please reach out for further assistance.

    Thank you.

     

    Thanks to MJParikh and tayloramy for your valuable inputs.

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tayloramy
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1 year ago

Hi JordanAdam98, 

 

For Power BI, I believe that the page needs to be refreshed or the refresh button at the top right of the report needs to be clicked to refresh visuals if the semantic model changes while the report is open. 

Have you considered using a realtime dashboard sitting on a KQL database? This will refresh in near real time. 

Create a Real-Time Dashboard - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

 

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