Auto Refresh without Report Server

[n0ab]

Hello, I've been playing around with the auto refresh functionality in PowerBI for a while and am aware of the options presented in the Report Server as well as the Gateway Refresh via the admin portal using an on-prem database. My question is:

Am I able to use a web hook to import data to powerBI and refresh it automatically on an interval the same way I can with an on-prem DB? 

Obviously trying to avoid the paywall with the Report Server via this method. Answers I've found so far have been inconclusive/misleading.

Thanks for any help.

[Greg_Deckler]

@n0ab Not entirely sure what you are trying to do but the Power BI REST API seems like it would do what you want: 

Power BI REST APIs - Power BI REST API | Microsoft Docs

Or just the normal scheduled refresh options in the Service.

[ibarrau]

Hi. Power Bi Service allows data refreshes. You have to publish the Desktop file that will break down into two components. A Dataset and a Report. That dataset can be configure to refresh sometimes a day. You can do it directly configuring credentials when the sources are web/cloud or you must install a gateway if you get data from onpremise sources. Once your file is published you can configure the refrehs of the data.

I have explained that because you can't import the file as you say. That must be already defined when publish.

I hope that make sense