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Scheduled daily refresh for free users
Hi Anonymous,
Based on my test, if we only retrieve data from the Azure SQL database in Import mode and enable daily refresh, it doesn't require Pro license.
To understand the difference between Power BI pro and free better, you need to know what's the pro content firstly. You can see not all data sources and refresh can be available to free users. If you share the dashboard with other users only have free Power BI features, your recipients just need a free Power BI license to view the content. See: Licensing requirements for sharing.
Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu
Just reading/citing the documentation is not helpful. The fact is that many reports become Pro when Daily refresh is turned on despite what documentation says. It is happening with my pure CSV/OneDrive setup, it is obviously happening with hmblloyd's Azure SQL setup...
It turns out I misunderstood our set up and I am actually pulling from an on premises SQL database, so it was working correctly and I have had to use a Pro license after all.
I did test with a basic excel workbook on my one drive however (before I got a pro license), and it allowed the daily refresh so not sure why it isn't working for you. Are you sure there isn't something else in your report that is requiring a pro license?
- No, definitely not. What I have is a .CMD file that uses SQLCMD to dump files to a .CSV file. It also puts a current time into another .CSV file. (I have also tried, using VBScript to convert these CSVs into a single .XLSX file, same result). Then I use = Csv.Document(Web.Contents("https://*******.sharepoint.com/personal/*******/Documents/*******.csv"),[Delimiter="#(tab)", Columns=16, Encoding=1250, QuoteStyle=QuoteStyle.None]) to import data. I publish PBIX file and resulted data source has no OneDrive Refresh option. And if i switch (regular) Data Refresh on, report becomes Pro. If I switch it off, it becomes Free.