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adnankabina
Helper II
5 years ago
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Refresh time on visual

I want to show Estern time on my visual. I have schedule for every 2 hours to refresh my data.  what I did on measure Last Refreshed Time = UTCNOW()-TIME(4,0,0) It is showing fine but it should s...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi adnankabina ,

     

    In your scenario, you should use Calculated Column or M Query instead of Measure.

    The former will refresh time after the dataset was refreshed, the latter will refresh time after the page was refreshed.

    For calculated column, right click on the table and create a new column using your formula.

    For M Query, open query editor and add custom column with below formula.

    DateTime.LocalNow() + #duration(0,4,0,0)

     

    Best Regards,

    Jay

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
4 years ago

I appreciate this entire thread of discussion, but it seems to be taking the System date (LocalNow) and adding it to the report.  My question is this:  I want the report to show the last date/time the report was refreshed, and “date/time” refers to the Refresh time set in the Gateway settings for refresh.  I know when that is supposed to be, because the report generating person, I set that date and time.  However, the consumer of the report does not necessarily know that and then it would be convenient to have a measure (or calculated column or…) that automatically shows when the actual last refresh date/time was so that the consumer is reassured that they are looking at “current” data.  I was looking at wrong a measure, but how do I access that date/time, set up in the Gateway settings, and integrate that with the report.??