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failed to publish/refresh
- Anonymous9 years ago
Hello v-haibl-msft
New light into the topic.
One of the published PBIX files is actually schedule refreshing fine and is using the same Datasource types.
Dashboard Software allows for Connect Direct. No Gateway.
Dashboard Web 1.1 refresh fails.
Are there any queries to the PBIX that may force the need for a Gateway to be installed?
Thank you.
Hi v-haibl-msft
I did not link to OD4B like that.
I started assembling the Data Sources and Reports in March 2016. I never worked with data analytics before and it has been an interesting learning curve since then.
I started off with the Data Sources as local files, but then moved them to an OD4B account when I realised they could be refreshed automatically. For this I have edited the path as suggested on this post.
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To set it up, you need to go into Edit Query -> Advanced Editor, and change the Source line from pointing to your local C: drive to use the Sharepoint/Onedrive URL -- here's an example from one of my dashboards, which hits n XLSX data file that gets saved to my Onedrive for Business folder every night:
Source = Excel.Workbook(Web.Contents("https://domain-my.sharepoint.com/personal/<my O365 ID>/Documents/path/path/path/dates.xlsx"), null, true),
This works great for CSV and other flat files as well.
Then on app.powerbi.com, go into the Dataset properties and you'll be able to set it to auto refresh and select the rough time to run (I use 6A-12P).
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Things worked fine and I was able to schedule refresh the data....until mid July, where it prompted for a Gateway.
Now, I have tried to add a Dataset the way you suggested and it seems to be going on the right direction. My question is that I do not know how to create Reports with more than one Dataset, the same way I do in PBI Desktop?
Many thanks for your help.
J
Anonymous
In Power BI Service, we can only create a report with one dataset.
Best Regards,
Herbert
- Anonymous9 years agoNot applicable
Hi v-haibl-msft
So, just to be sure that I am clear about my options, for the scenario of needing PBI Desktop to query/model data souces, there is no way around it aside installing a Gateway to schedule refresh data. Even though they are hosted on a OD4B location.
It this it?
Regards,
Joaquim
- v-haibl-msft9 years ago
Microsoft Employee
Anonymous
Yes, even though your data are hosted on a OD4B location, but you actually publish to Service from the local .pbix file .
Best Regards,
Herbert
- Anonymous9 years agoNot applicable
Hello v-haibl-msft
New light into the topic.
One of the published PBIX files is actually schedule refreshing fine and is using the same Datasource types.
Dashboard Software allows for Connect Direct. No Gateway.
Dashboard Web 1.1 refresh fails.
Are there any queries to the PBIX that may force the need for a Gateway to be installed?
Thank you.