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atomek1000
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Direct refresh with csv source and web API source

Hi,

I have a problem. I had a report which pulls data directly from WebApi(no on-premise db) and it is able to refresh directly from powerbi service - i can schedule it etc. No problem there.

 

Problem arise when i added historical data from csv + new data as in previous report from webApi.

Even when i disabled csv source from "include in report refresh" it still displays message 

"You don't have any gateway installed or configured for the data sources in this dataset. Please install a new data gateway, or configure the data source for an existing data gateway."

 

Is there any solution for that? Can i bake in csv into powerbi file and still be able to refresh it directly from service?

 

Thanks in advance

Karol

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Thanks for reply. 

Although i was trying to eliminate gateway as i don't have resources for that. 

 

I managed to put csv on onedrive + Api request directly from powerbi and I can confirm that it works with auto refresh from powerbi service:) 

Problem solved!

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Anonymous
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Hi @atomek1000,

 

 

For on-premises datasource or mixed(on-premise/online datasource) report, you need to a gateway to manage refresh operation.
Please refer to below links to install data gateway for handling these operations.

 

Reference links:

On-premises data gateway

On-premises data gateway (personal mode)

 

BTW, online datasource not need gateway.

 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

 

Thanks for reply. 

Although i was trying to eliminate gateway as i don't have resources for that. 

 

I managed to put csv on onedrive + Api request directly from powerbi and I can confirm that it works with auto refresh from powerbi service:) 

Problem solved!

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