

When selecting Auto page refresh as the refresh type, you need to provide the desired refresh interval. The inputs needed and information provided will depend on the refresh type selected. To enable automatic page refresh the toggle needs to be on the On position. The Page refresh card will only be available if you are connected to a DirectQuery source.

To use automatic page refresh in Power BI Desktop, select the report page for which you want to enable automatic page refresh.

This restriction applies to both automatic page refresh types. Authoring reports with automatic page refresh in Power BI DesktopĪutomatic page refresh is available for DirectQuery sources and some LiveConnect scenarios, so it will only be available when you are connected to a supported data source. LiveConnect sources such as Analysis Services and Power BI datasets are not supported. When publishing to the service, this refresh type is only supported in workspaces that are part of a Premium capacity. Besides defining the measure, you also have to select how frequently Power BI Desktop will check for changes. Specifically, this measure polls for changes to your DirectQuery source. This refresh type allows you to refresh visuals on a page based on detecting changes in the data rather than a specific refresh interval.
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When that specific interval is reached, all visuals in that page send an update query to the data source and update accordingly. This refresh type allows you to update all visuals in a report page based on a constant interval such as one second or five minutes. When using automatic page refresh, there are two refresh types available: fixed interval and change detection. Furthermore, Automatic Page Refresh supports Proxy Models as well. If you're monitoring signals like social media sentiment, you want to know about sudden changes as soon as they happen.Īutomatic page refresh in Power BI enables your active report page to query for new data, at a predefined cadence, for DirectQuery sources. For example, in the manufacturing industry, it's critical to know when a machine is malfunctioning or is close to malfunctioning. When you monitor critical events, it's important for data to be refreshed as soon as the source data is updated. APPLIES TO: ✔️ Power BI Desktop ✔️ Power BI service
