Forum Discussion
Active refresh data for SQL Cloud Dataset
Hi, nannimora
According to my experience, you can not open and set the scheduled refresh for your dataset if you haven’t applied the correct credential in the Power BI service. Normally we configure the credential when we add the data source to the gateway and select and the gateway and map data source in the “Gateway connection”:
If your data source is in the cloud and you don’t need a gateway, you should also enter the correct credential in the credential pane to unlock the “Scheduled refresh”:
Configure scheduled refresh in Power BI
One blog about Power BI Scheduled refresh greyed out
According to how to judge if you have to install a geteway, I think you can follow these sentences explained in this blog, which explains it in detail:
Thank you very much!
Best Regards,
Community Support Team _Robert Qin
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hey nannimora ,
where exactly is your SQL Server in the cloud? Is it on a VM? Then you have to install a Gateway on the VM. Is it an Azure SQL database? Then it will work without a Gateway.
Do you have any other data sources in your file? Usually it's grayed out when there are data sources that cannot be refreshed in the cloud or need a gateway.