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ven666
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2 years ago

how to refresh report after publishing, database is connected through vpn on my local laptop

i used power bi to generate report which connects to the db, which needs openvpn on my local laptop. now i published the report and try to refresh it, but it's not working due to it needs openvpn to ...
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lbendlin
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2 years ago

If the semantic model has a scheduled refresh set up then every time you MANUALLY publish from the Power BI Desktop to the workspace that will initiate an AUTOMATIC-ish ad-hoc refresh.    

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ven666
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2 years ago

we don't want to have any manual process. so manually publish won't be an option.

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    lbendlin
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    2 years ago

    Based on your setup it's your only option.