Refresh a data pipeline with a button in power bi

[Hussein_charif]

Hello,

i have a fabric data pipeline that refreshes my dataflow and runs a few scripts and refreshes the report's semantic model afterwards. 

i was wondering if i can include a button in my power bi report to trigger this data pipeline so that the users can refresh the data when they need

[v-prasare]

May I ask if you have resolved this issue? If so, Can you please share the resolution steps here. This will be helpful for other community members who have similar problems to solve it faster.
If we don’t hear back, we’ll go ahead and close this thread. For any further discussions or questions, please start a new thread in the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum we’ll be happy to assist.
Thank you for being part of the Microsoft Fabric Community.

[v-prasare]

We would like to confirm if our community members answer resolves your query or if you need further help. If you still have any questions or need more support, please feel free to let us know. We are happy to help you.

Thank you for your patience and look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Prashanth Are
MS Fabric community support

[R1k91]

try something like this: 

https://medium.com/riccardo-perico/trigger-power-bi-model-refresh-from-a-report-with-translytical-ta...

instead of calling api to refresh the model use the api to call the data pipeline (verify this is an asyncrounous one)

[R1k91]

this should be the api to call

POST https://api.fabric.microsoft.com/v1/workspaces/{workspaceId}/items/{itemId}/jobs/instances?jobType=Pipeline

REST API capabilities for Fabric Data Factory - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

[v-prasare]

Hi @Hussein_charif,

We would like to confirm if our community members answer resolves your query or if you need further help. If you still have any questions or need more support, please feel free to let us know. We are happy to help you.

@rohit1991 ,Thanks for your prompt response

Thank you for your patience and look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Prashanth Are
MS Fabric community support

[rohit1991 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Hussein_charif 

At the moment there’s no direct way to place a button inside a Power BI report that will trigger a Fabric Data Pipeline or dataset refresh on-demand. End-users don’t have the ability to kick off a pipeline directly from the report canvas.

What you can do:

• Use the Power Automate visual in Power BI. You can build a flow that calls the Fabric API (or refreshes your pipeline/dataset) and then connect that flow to a button in the report.
• Alternatively, create a Power Automate button flow outside Power BI, and share it with your users. They can trigger the refresh via the flow, but not purely from the report UI.
• For scheduled/managed refresh, the supported approach is still to run your Fabric pipeline on a schedule and let reports use the refreshed data.

So in short:

• No native refresh button for pipelines in Power BI.
• Workaround = Power Automate >> Pipeline API >> then surface that action via the Power Automate button visual.