data refresh

[jiinson]

Dear Power BI Users,

I am pretty new to power bi. 

I have published report from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service and now I want to refresh the data 8 am everyday. My data is from SQL and Excel. How do I schedule refresh? I have read the article and it seems like I do have to purchase power bi pro. Is there anyway I can refresh the data automatically not by buying pro version?

Thanks in advance!

Best Regards,

Jiin Son

[v-ljerr-msft]

Hi @jiinson,

I'm not aware of a good solution here in your scenario. You may need to put you data on Cloud instead of SQL and Excel as suggested by @Seth_C_Bauer, or republish it from Power BI Desktop to Power BI Service everyday, or buy a pro license.

Regards

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@jiinson In order to schedule a refresh from the on-premises data sources you need to install and use the gateway. This would require a Pro license. If you want to schedule a refresh of 1x per day the data would need to live in the cloud.

[CahabaData]

hey @Seth_C_Bauer are you saying: If you want to schedule a refresh of 1x per day the data would need to live in the cloud...IF one doesn't have a Pro license??   

somehow I missed that all this time.....

[alanhodgson]

Hey @CahabaData,

This is what I have figured out making dashboards for free and pro users.

Without a Pro License:

SQL Query --> Excel --> Power BI Desktop --> PBI Service - refresh in Desktop and republish to service to get the new data.

SQL Query  --> Excel (stored in OneDrive) --> PBI Service - data changes will update hourly if OneDrive Refresh is enabled.

Hope this helps,

Alana

[Seth_C_Bauer]

@CahabaData Using the Gateway requires a Pro License. I read another thread where currently if you don't actually schedule a refresh you can manually refresh your data on the Free license and still use a gateway, but I don't know if that will stick around. But essentially, yes, you can't schedule a refresh using a gateway with a free license.