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Hi
We are about to go live with an on premise power bi report server - i.e. on our network
When a user goes to the web portal - and browses to a folder containing reports - like
https://servername.domain.local/ReportsPBI/powerbi/folder1
then they see the report etc.
At the top - their are some options - File, View, Edit in Power Bi Desktop, Explore Refresh.
What does the refresh buton actually do ? i.e. will hitting the Refresh option do a manual refresh of the data in the report?
If not is there a way for the end user to force a refresh of the data in the report (from their web browser?)
Thanks
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Hi,
It refreshes the Visuals on the report based on the data, so if it is a direct query the visuals updated with latest data, if a scheduled data refresh (Import query) has occured since the page was loaded it will refresh and visuals updated with latest data else it does not do anything.
Generally refresh data for all visuals in report.
But, it depens on report type and server configuration:
-If it is DirectQuery PBI report, it refresh data from DB source (which can be changed anytime, or not)
-If it is Live Connected (to SSAS) PBI report, it refresh data from SSAS database (which can be procesed meantime, or not)
-If it is Import mode PBI report, and you have single server configuration, it refresh data from SSAS cache (which can be refreshed meantime by scheduled refresh, or not)
-If it is Import mode PBI report, and you have scaled-out configuration, it does nothing (it is probably bug)
Hi,
It refreshes the Visuals on the report based on the data, so if it is a direct query the visuals updated with latest data, if a scheduled data refresh (Import query) has occured since the page was loaded it will refresh and visuals updated with latest data else it does not do anything.
This seems to agree with what we have found with our testing.
Thanks!
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