Why is the On Demand Refresh faster than Schedule Refresh

Hi Team, We have been noticing that when we hit Refresh now on the dashbaords , it finishes fast like within 2 minutes vs a scheduled Refresh takes about 14 minutes . What is the difference b...

Dashboards

v-qiuyu-msft

Community Support

9 years ago

Hi rajesh2001,

Do all schedule refresh spend more time than on-demand refresh? Please check all refresh records on the Refresh History.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

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