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julsr
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1 year ago
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OneDrive synchronization instantly

Hello everyone,   I configured my dev workspace and uploaded the files from a Shared Library from OneDrive. I noticed the option that refreshes the items hourly, so it ensures that we have the late...
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    BhavinVyas3003
    1 year ago

    While you can click Refresh Now in Power BI Service to refresh the dataset (reload data into your model from the source), this does not instantly sync the file from OneDrive; it only works if Power BI has already synced the latest version of the file. If you want Power BI to detect file changes immediately, you’d need to use Power Automate to monitor file changes in OneDrive and then trigger a dataset refresh using the Power BI REST API or Power Automate's built-in Refresh a dataset action.

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BhavinVyas3003
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1 year ago

While you can click Refresh Now in Power BI Service to refresh the dataset (reload data into your model from the source), this does not instantly sync the file from OneDrive; it only works if Power BI has already synced the latest version of the file. If you want Power BI to detect file changes immediately, you’d need to use Power Automate to monitor file changes in OneDrive and then trigger a dataset refresh using the Power BI REST API or Power Automate's built-in Refresh a dataset action.