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I am using a PowerBI desktop to connect to SQL Azure and author my report.
I upload the report to power bi.
But the report refresh doesnt happen automatically. I have to refresh the data set and then the report manually.
Is there any work around?
I find that if i login to power bi within a browser and use the Get Data then the SQL Azure connectivity is live.
But i did not want to recreate the whole report within the browser just for this purpose.
Seems a bit weird.
Any help appreciated ?
Solved! Go to Solution.
@haric it depends on how have you connected to Azure sql db via PBI desktop. Have you used Improt or DirectQuery ?
@haric it depends on how have you connected to Azure sql db via PBI desktop. Have you used Improt or DirectQuery ?
Thanks i changed the option to DirectQuery and it works.
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