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Anonymous
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3 years ago
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PBI Dataset refresh failure due to inactivity

Hi all, PBI dataset  is supposed to be refreshing daily on a set schedule that we set up a while back. Can anyone tell me why it isn’t refreshing? It speaks to a token due to inactivity but again it...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    In Power BI Service, After two months of inactivity, scheduled refresh on your dataset is paused. A dataset is considered inactive when no user has visited any dashboard or report built on the dataset. When scheduled refresh is paused, the dataset owner is sent an email. The refresh schedule for the dataset is then displayed as disabled. To resume scheduled refresh, revisit any dashboard or report built on the dataset.

    For more details, you can read related document: Configure scheduled refresh - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

     

    Best regards,
    Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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dlopez
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2 years ago

Can this feature be disabled?

Thank you.

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collinq
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2 years ago

Hi dlopez ,

 

I believe that this can not be disabled.  But, why would you want to disable it?  If nobody is looking at or using a report why would you want to keep it running?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    2 years ago

    I know this is an old topic but we have many reports that are needed to review after an event occurs.  The usage is therefore sporadic but the report needs to be ready to go at a moments notice.

     

    We also have reports that get consumed on a yearly basis.

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    manderson100
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    1 year ago

    Why?  Because I subscribe to reports but do not go into powerbi to view them.  I only want to view them in my inbox.   I am guessing there are many others that do the same.  I understand Microsoft's reasoning behind this rule, but I think they should consider active subscriptions before disabling the refresh.