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The article below explains that PBI models with Sharepoint or Onedrive data sources can be automatically refreshed every hour - not using Scheduled Refresh feature.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data
The option should appear in the dataset settings below. But my dataset settings do not have this option even though my PBI model has only one data source which is a Sharepoint folder. I used the Sharepoint Folder utility when creating the Getdata step. Can someone please point me to how to get this feature available?
My dataset settings:
Someone else had the same problem three years ago and no solution was ever posted. Will I also not find any solutions::
I have the same problem. Did anyone find a solution?
Could you try and connect it to OneDrive for Business and see if that works?
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