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avigilan
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8 years ago
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excel data refresh not updating in powerBI desktop

Hi ,   I have created a powerbi report using excel data. When I overwrite the data with new data in the excel workbook and do a refresh in powerbi desktop, the refresh appears to work successfully-...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    avigilan,

    Do you click Refresh button in Report view or Query Editor of Power BI Desktop? If you disable "Include in Report Refresh" option for your table in Query Editor and click Refresh in Report view of Power BI Desktop, data will not be changed in Power BI report.



    Regards,
    Lydia

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Anonymous
Not applicable
8 years ago

I'd check:

 

  • Is your Power BI report connected to the same excel file as you expect?  You can check this from "Data Source Settings" in the drop arrow under "Edit Queries".  Make sure the file you are connecting to is the same filename and path.  It would be an easy mistake to be connecting to a local file on your computer without realising it.
  • Do you have any filters set up that are excluding the new data?  For example if you have set a date range, Power BI wouldn't automatically extend that date range unless you were using relative date filtering.