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Birdjo
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9 years ago

Auto Refresh Dashboards and Reports

I was looking for a solution to my previous topic "Power BI x Android TV Auto Refresh" when I realized that we don't have auto refresh data on PC browsers too. What I mean is that when I update the d...
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dkkip05
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9 years ago

I'm trying to accomplish a similar thing. I have several chromeboxes displaying dashboards on TV's throughout our building. I'm using the Super Auto Refresh extension to refresh the page every 5 minutes, but as far as I can tell the only way to get it to refresh properly is to use the "Refresh Dashboard Tiles" menu option or clicking through to the report. Refreshing the page alone does not seem to update the dashboard tiles.

 

After reading some articles it seems to me like Dashboards weren't really meant to be used for this type of "live" digital signage application. I believe that's why they allow developers to embed dashboards and tiles into applications. Problem is, I'm not a developer and this seems like an obvious use case for regular dashboards.

 

See more here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-developer-overview-of-power-bi-rest-api/

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vrocca
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9 years ago

Birdjo - were you able to find a solution or a good workaround? I'm running into the same issue...doesn't seem like showing the taskbar and page tab is ideal when trying to present your dashboard in your office...

  • olipip's avatar
    olipip
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    9 years ago

    Hi, I'm having issues with Rise giving an error message:

    "The owner of the Web Page at the URL provided does not allow the page to be embedded within an iFrame. If possible, please contact the Web Page owner to discuss x-frame options."

     

    I've been trying to add the report or dashboard as a Web Page Widget. Can you advise how you are adding the URL?

  • Birdjo's avatar
    Birdjo
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    9 years ago

    Yes, we use chromeboxes and Rise App to display our PBI reports.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    9 years ago

    I'm trying the same, but when the web page it's refreshed (I'm using a Chrome extension and the ?chromeless=true) I loose the auto adjust of the dashboard.

     

    Did you solve it?

     

    Can give me more details of your solution?

     

    Thanks

     

  • Birdjo's avatar
    Birdjo
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    8 years ago

    Hello olipip,

     

    Probably you're putting the report link which requires authorization.

    Just publish the report the get a public link and then put it in Rise.

     

    Kind regards