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Refresh failure in Dataset created with Excel file
Hi adrian84 ,
In desktop, although it is a live connection to the dataset in the service, this dataset is based on the onedrive import mode, so it is not updated in real time, but almost every hour. If you want to refresh immediately after adding data, please refresh the dataset manually.
BTW, you can use desktop to connect Excel files on onedrive directly instead of importing them in service and then connecting.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-onedrive-business-links
Best Regards,
Liang
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Do you use import or direct query mode? if import, did you activate scheduled refresh?
I believe I am using Direct Query mode.
When creating the dataset, I chose the one on the left, Import...
...and to build my report in Power BI Desktop, I selected the Power BI datasets option from the Common data sources list.
Lastly, my refresh settings look like this:
It looks like you are using 2 different modes of connection to the source! one is Import mode and the other is Live connection mode!
Oh, OK, I see.
But how can I fix it?What I'm aiming for is to able to keep adding rows to my Excel file and have my reports be up to date with the data present in said Excel file, without having into Power BI Desktop to publish each time new data is added.
The file would be updated only about once a week.
Is there any way I can acomplish that?Hi adrian84 ,
In desktop, although it is a live connection to the dataset in the service, this dataset is based on the onedrive import mode, so it is not updated in real time, but almost every hour. If you want to refresh immediately after adding data, please refresh the dataset manually.
BTW, you can use desktop to connect Excel files on onedrive directly instead of importing them in service and then connecting.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/desktop-use-onedrive-business-links
Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
