Can I schedule refresh by saving the files on sharepoint? If I do so do I have to be online?

[Anonymous]

I would like to schedule refresh for all the data sources in my PowerBI dashboard. I needed to know if I can schedule refresh by saving the files on sharepoint. If I do so do I have to be online when the refresh is scheduled?

[Anonymous]

Dear @Anonymous 

To get more information about scheduling, you can refer to this links :

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/refresh-desktop-file-onedrive

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/Unable-to-schedule-refresh-with-sharepoint-and-database/m-p/74962

Regards,

Chrisyan

[v-xuding-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

You don't need to always be online. It will automatically get the latest data from your data source after setting schedule refresh. There are some relative documents that you can reference.

Refresh a dataset stored on OneDrive or SharePoint Online

Configure scheduled refresh

Manage data sources

Best Regards,

Xue Ding

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