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      Refresh your data in Power BI 

      Overview: 

      • Learn how to refresh your data in Power BI  
      • Schedule Refresh in Power BI 
      • Manually Refresh in Power BI 

      Why Refresh your data in Power BI? 

      Refreshing your data ensures that your reports and dashboards reflect the most current information. This helps you and your team make business decisions with confidence. 

      Before You Begin: 

      Data refresh options vary depending on your Power BI licence. Here’s a clear breakdown of how data refresh works under different Power BI licences: 

      Power BI Free 

      • You can connect to data and build reports in Power BI Desktop. 
      • No scheduled refresh is available in the cloud. There’s only manual refresh in Desktop. 

      Power BI Pro 

      • Allows up to 8 scheduled refreshes per day in the Power BI Service. 
      • Manual refresh is also available at any time. 
      • Best for individuals or small teams. 
      • Maximum refresh duration: 2 hours per refresh 

      Power BI Premium (per capacity or per user) 

      • Supports up to 48 scheduled refreshes per day (every 30 minutes). 
      • Provides larger dataset sizes and faster refresh performance. 
      • Ideal for enterprise-scale or complex data models. 

      Note: A Power BI Pro license allows up to 8 scheduled refreshes per day. A Premium license increases this to 48 scheduled refreshes per day. Free licences don’t support scheduled refresh in the Service. 

      How to Refresh your data in Power BI? 

      Scheduled Refresh 

      Use scheduled refresh when you want Power BI to automatically update your dataset at set times. 

      Here are the steps: 

      1. In Power BI service, go to your workspace. 
      2. Select Workspaces. Then, select the dataset or dashboard you want to refresh.  
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      3. The selected Wiise Power BI dashboard displays.  
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      4. On the Semantic model, select the calendar icon to open Schedule refresh.  
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      5. Then, select Refresh option. 
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        1. Enable the option to schedule a refresh. 
        2. Select your refresh frequency. This can be daily or weekly and your preferred times.  
        3. Then, select Apply. 

      Note: For a Power BI Pro license, you can schedule for refresh to occur up to 8 times in the day. Premium licences allow up to 48.  

      Manual Refresh 

      1. On the Wiise Power BI Dashboard, when you’ve selected the dashboard on Workspaces, you’ll need to select Refresh Now on the Semantic type.  
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      2. On your Power BI app, select the Refresh Visuals icon on the top right-hand corner of the page.  
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      3. The refresh visuals process takes a few minutes to update.  
      4. You can view refreshed data from the updates you’ve made in Wiise.  

       

      What’s next? 

      Find out how to use the Wiise Warehouse Dashboards in Power BI or Wiise Finance Dashboards in Power BI.  

       

      Need more help?  

      No problem, that's what we're here for. Reach out to support@wiise.com anytime you can't find what you're looking for.