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Astro
Helper I
8 years ago
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View Related: Last Dataset Refresh

Hi,

 

Users of our Power BI apps are used to clicking the "View Related" link in the list of reports on the Power BI service and seeing the Last Dataset Refresh date. This avoided us having to take up real estate on each report and gave them an indication of how up-to-date each report was.

 

That link no longer shows the datasets and the date of the last data refresh. Is there a way of getting this back? I've attached an image of what it used to look like.

 

Regards

Nick

 

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  • Christyne's avatar
    Christyne
    8 years ago

    I got confirmation that it will come back but that they don`t have a date for the redeployment..... It is working/back (for testing purpose) internally at Microsoft.

     

    We use it mostly for end of month reporting (a lot of refresh) so hope to be back before end of November.

     

    Christyne

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  • v-huizhn-msft's avatar
    v-huizhn-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    8 years ago

    Hi Astro,

    As I tested, when you right click the dataset in Power BI service, you will see the latest refresh date like the highlighted in blue line.



    When I click "MANAGE PERMISSIONS", I will get a similar interface line your screenshot, besides I don't find any option like "View Related", could you please share where you get the "View Related" option? 



    Best Regards,
    Angelia

    • Astro's avatar
      Astro
      Helper I
      8 years ago

      Hi Angelia,

       

      "View Related" is found by navigating to a Power BI App and then it's listed under "Actions" in the Reports Section.

       

       

       

       

       

      The screen shot from my previous message was from late September and shows the result of clicking this link. It lists the datasets in that report and the last refresh date. All of our users know they can (could) click here to find out how recent the data was. They only have access to the app and not the workspace.

       

      Now clicking this link has suddenly stopped displaying details of the datasets. This has changed in the last week.

       

       

       

      I wondered whether this was a permanent change or a bug. Our users have relied on this and now we'd have to change every report to put a tile containing the refresh date.

       

      Thanks

      Nick

  • GilbertQ's avatar
    GilbertQ
    Super User
    8 years ago

    Hi Astro

     

    It is there, the "Last Dataset Refresh" does not appear under Datasets, but it does appear under Reports or Dashboards.

    • Astro's avatar
      Astro
      Helper I
      8 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Not for anyone in our organisation it doesn't.  This is evidenced in the screenshots. We're not clicking datasets, we're clicking the View Related link next to the Report when navigated to one of our Power BI apps.

       

       

      Best wishes

      Nick

      • GilbertQ's avatar
        GilbertQ
        Super User
        8 years ago

        Hi Astro

         

        I now see what you mean.

         

        My educated guess is that because it is in an App it does not have access to the underlying reports in the same context as when you are in your workspace or when you have permissions to edit in an App Workspace.

         

        I would suggest looking for an idea or posting an idea.