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Helper IIISchedule Data Refresh Issues - Not PowerBI Pro
S_M if your file contains on premise data source then you don't need power bi pro. you need pro only if you want to refresh dataset in power bi service that is from on-premise data source. you can do manual workaround of refreshing power bi desktop file manually each time and republishing it but that is not an ideal solution.
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1. yes you can setup schedule refresh to on-premise data source only with power bi pro account.
2. you need to install either personal or on-premise gateway not both. therefore uninstall all existing gateways download latest gateway and then install
3. if you share dashboard that contains Pro features (in your case it does since it is on-premise data source with schedule refresh) then your users also need power bi pro account to access that dashboard.
Helper IIIThanks ankitpatira!
So, essentially if my file consists on on-premise data source, i need for the user to be pro. Is there no other way around it because i dont want to force users to go pro - any case scenario where i could refresh and update a powerbi desktop file locally and have it updated on the service ?