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Refreshing with PowerBI Free user
Community ChampionQbota Below is the summary for you.
When you go to Dataset -> Schedule Refresh you're trying to setup automatic schedule refresh which is not free and requires Pro account.
If you go Dataset, click three dots and click Refresh Now that is free and doesn't require Pro account.
In short, setting up schedule refresh requires Pro account, doing manual refresh is free.
If you have a report that is using DirectQuery feature (connecting live to on-prem data source) then it requires Pro account, in power bi desktop if you choose Import then you don't require Pro account.
Hope it is clear now.
As of oct 9 2016, you CANNOT refresh even manually with Power BI Free
I spent a full day (oh yeah) installing/uninstalling Personal/Enterprise gateway.
In all attempts, REFRESH NOW or SCHEDULE REFRESH gets me to a page saying:
This dataset contains on-premises data sources. To schedule data refresh, try Power BI Pro for 60,00 days, or contact your Office 365 tenant administrator to purchase Power BI Pro.
Gosh a just RE-READ for the Nth time the product comparison page. Did not see it before but it is clear.
Only the pro can Access on-premise data source (schedule AND manuel)
Data Refresh
| Consume content that is scheduled to refresh | Daily | Hourly |
| Consume streaming data in your dashboards and reports | 10K rows/hour | 1M rows/hour |
| Consume live data sources with full interactivity | • | |
| Access on-premises data using the Data Connectivity Gateways (Personal and Data Management) | • |