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Hi
I've received a request to be able to show a live updated dashboard on a monitor in our department. The purpose of the dashboard is to show KPI data for our team.
All of the data is currently stored in a MySQL database. I've managed to connect to this through the PowerBI Desktop but a connection through the app.powerbi.com is not possible. It seems to me when connecting through the desktop version, PowerBI does an import and not a connection.
Can you help me out on this connection issue?
Kind regards
Arne
@arneman MySQL is not a supported data source for Direct Query - reference. In addition, even if you did have direct query running, a dashboard tile won't update in real time. It "should" update about hourly. You could look into custom building a push dataset, but that is usually a bit out of the realm of comfort for most users posting questions.
Dear @Seth_C_Bauer
I mentioned to get it working using a data gateway. So the dataset is configured to be updated automatically. The dashboard however is not refreshing automatically. Is there a setting I'm missing?
@arneman The dashboard refreshes on it's own schedule. usually 30 min to an hour after the dataset automatically. The only way to instantly update a dashboard tile is to use a push dataset or live streaming.
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