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Anonymous
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7 years ago
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Refresh Schedule under domain controller

My report is made up on the data from online sharepoint list (which will be edited almost every hour by users) and a few excel file (almost static) on my desktop. To have my report published with mos...
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    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Anonymous,

    Based on your description, you put Excel file on your desktop. Do you use gateway to refresh the report in Power BI Service? What error message do you get when you connect to work network in the office?

    In your scenario, you can upload Excel file to SharePoint Online, and create your Power BI Desktop with only online data sources. This way, no gateway is required and you should be able to refresh the dataset in Power BI Service.

    Regards,
    Lydia

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
7 years ago

Anonymous,

Based on your description, you put Excel file on your desktop. Do you use gateway to refresh the report in Power BI Service? What error message do you get when you connect to work network in the office?

In your scenario, you can upload Excel file to SharePoint Online, and create your Power BI Desktop with only online data sources. This way, no gateway is required and you should be able to refresh the dataset in Power BI Service.

Regards,
Lydia