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Anonymous
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Power Automate - Dataflows Refresh

Hey - I have created a few dataflows. I have scheduled these to run periodically.

 

I have then used these dataflows in excel to create reports. The user can refresh in excel and pick up from the last dataflow scheduled refresh.

 

I am now looking for a solution to use power automate to allow the user within excel to refresh the dataflow on an ad-hoc basis.

(Scenario being that they have posted some data and want to ad-hoc see the report without waiting for the next scheduled refresh - and I do not want to add the complication of them clicking refresh in power bi)

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Does the information provided by lbendlin  help you solve your problem? If it helps, please accept the responses you find helpful as solution.

Best regards,
Albert He

Anonymous
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no, it doesn't

Anonymous
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Super small user base, who know what they're doing...

lbendlin
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VBI.  (very bad idea)  How do you prevent your users from smashing that refresh button repeatedly?

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