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[Anonymous]

Is there a way to instantly refresh the PowerBI dashboard as soon as the backend data is updated?

[v-henryk-mstf · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

I have a confusion as to whether the dashboard you mentioned refers to a dashboard or a report, they are two different concepts in the powerbi service, and they are invoked in different ways to refresh.
In Power BI service, below are the differences between them:

• Power Bi reports can be made up of many pages. The goal of a report is to delve deeper into each dataset.
• Dashboards are single pages that compile a few different reports into one page. Each report has one dataset, and Power Bi dashboards allow you to see all those reports on one page.

For dashboard, in import mode, when the backend data is refreshed, the datasets will be updated with the latest data. Dashboard calls queries from the cache to refresh the data. But there is a delay of about 10-15 minutes. If you want to display the refreshed data immediately, you can only do so by manually refreshing
In case of DQ or LC mode, the powerbi service has a scheduled cache refresh.These datasets don't require a separate tile refresh because Power BI refreshes the tiles automatically during each scheduled or on-demand data refresh.

For report, with import mode, when the data in datasets is refreshed, the latest data will be displayed after refreshing the browser. In DQ or LC mode, clicking refresh after opening report will automatically synchronize the latest data from the data source, provided that the original dataset is properly connected through the gateway.

For more details, you can read related document link.

Data refresh in Power BI - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

Best Regards,
Henry

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[ibarrau]

Hi. There two basic components in Power Bi. Reports and Dashboards. The main structure is always built in dataset that helps developing reports. When the dataset is refreshed the report is too, but it needs to be loaded again in a browser, like F5. On the other hand you have dashboards. The dashboards are like a board where you pin specific moments of the reports. Those moments (tiles) will be automatically loaded at the exact momento the dataset is refreshed.

I'm clarifying this just in case. You can do that at Power Bi.

I hope that make sense