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DavidSBikes
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8 years ago

Creating a auto refreshing report on Power BI Service with CSV file saved on OneDrive as datasource

Hello,   I am trying to create a report that can be shared with colleagues over Teams that will automatically update. But I am having some trouble in creating a report that refreshes automatically ...
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lukas1
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7 years ago

Thank you very much for the input here: 

 

This thread is still relevant for me even though some time has passed since started.

 

So when even when I have an excel/csv file in onecloud and the power bi dektop file in onecloud, only the power bi dektop file is used when updating the data through the hourly onecloud refresh?

 

Do you know any way how to refresh hourly based on the excel/csv file?

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Anonymous
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6 years ago

Hi, 

I had the same issue with similar setup.

  • Both my pbix file and data excel file are on onedrive.
  • I connect the excel file on power bi desktop with the onedrive web link.
  • And I upload the pbix file on power bi service using sharepoint - teams site. 

When I used the onedrive refresh, it only refreshed changes on pbix file but it didn't update the changes in the excel data file.

 

So besides turning on the onedrive refresh, I think you have to turn on the schedule refresh. If you are on pro license, you can set up to 8 schedule refresh. And it works! Both changes in the pbix file and the data file will be updated in the report on power bi service. 

 

Hope this helps. You can try it out to see if it works for you too.