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Jeanxyz
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4 years ago
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what does the refresh button do in Power BI Service

I'm wondering what the refresh button does in Power BI Service. I have the impression that sometimes  the refresh button manges to query source data and updates charts if there are changes in my sour...
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    otravers
    4 years ago

    Are you talking about the Refresh button in the report toolbar? This button does not refresh data from the source, it merely refreshes visuals based on the latest data in the report's dataset.

     

     

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otravers
Community Champion
4 years ago

Are you talking about the Refresh button in the report toolbar? This button does not refresh data from the source, it merely refreshes visuals based on the latest data in the report's dataset.

 

 

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Jeanxyz
Power Participant
4 years ago

Yes, that's refreshing button that I'm talking about. If the refresh button is only to refresh charts based on the dataset in Power BI, is it really necesssary? I think each time user opens a report online, the visuals are recalculated based on the dataset in pbix.

 

So in what case, will the dataset in Power BI to updated? If I replace an existing pb report online by uploading a new version pbix file (same file name), will the online report get refreshed after refreshment?