SQL -> Power BI - 15/30 mins, slow refresh rate :(

Hi nmesmeric,

If we use live connection to get data from Azure SQL database, and there is no user interaction with the dashboard tile, by default data is refreshed automatically about every fifteen minutes. If we want to refresh tile more frequently, we need to force a tile refresh by selecting Refresh dashboard tiles. So the behavior which you get is expected.

As nmesmeric suggested, you can consider to create real-time dashboards use the Microsoft Power BI REST API, or Microsoft Stream Analytics, to make sure the data is up-to-date.

For more information, please refer to Databases in the cloud and Real-time dashboards sections in this article: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-refresh-data/

If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu