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Power BI desktop file .Pbix outdate data overide update data in Power BI service?
Hi alcoholism,
Based on my understanding, you connect to the Power BI Desktop file via “Get Data->Files->OneDrive - Business” entry in Power BI Service, and you turn on “OneDrive refresh” and set up “Schedule refresh” for your dataset, right?
If that is the case, in this scenario, when you add new measures, change column names, or edit visualizations in Power BI Desktop file, once you save, those changes will be updated in Power BI , usually within about an hour, but this process will not overwrite any updated underlying data in the dataset, for more details, please review this article: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-refresh-desktop-file-onedrive/ . I have tested this sceanrio and confirm it.
In other words, even if you don't refresh data in Power BI Desktop file, data in Power BI Service will not be updated by day1 data from PBIX file in day 2.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang
Hi Lydia, I have tested and found that: - Everything i change on .pbix file and save to Onedrive, Power BI server will do the "scheduled" Onedrive refresh (update according to new .pbix file, "package refresh") , than follow by "on demand" Schedule refresh to dataset.
My Power BI is free copy and Schedule refresh (dataset refresh) i only daily. I think that when Onedrive refresh detect changing on .pbix file, it will trigger schedule refresh "on demand" automatically in order to keep dataset in Powe BI server is up-to-date.
Hi alcoholism,
Yes. I get same phenomenon as yours.
Thanks,
Lydia Zhang