Where to view refresh history in report server web GUI

[Mr_Coffee]

Hey All,

As the admin, I would like to view refresh history of reports in the Power BI Report Server Web Gui? I found this page in MS documentation that explains how to view the current status of the latest refresh of a particular report, see HERE. 

However, This is not equivalent to an view that shows refresh history. I'm wanting an admin view that shows history of all refresh schedules and details about their executions. 

Please let me know if this functionality exists in PBI report server. 

[KarinSzilagyi · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mr_Coffee, unfortunately there isn't any option to see the full refresh history directly via the Web GUI as far as I found (and unfortunately I don't believe there's any plans to add it at this point). It's been a while since I last worked with PBIRS, but based on my research the most common solution seems to still be to create a Refersh Status Report since you can find the refresh history in the PBIRS Meta DB.

Here's two related articles on how to implement it:

1. https://businesswintelligence.com/content/79/pbirs-report-refresh-schedule
2. https://workingondata.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/pbirs-scheduled-data-refresh-execution-history/ 

I hope that helps!

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