How to automate the refreshment of visual when report is displayed on tv?

[GoingIncognito]

We put a PBI report on display: bought a big tv that's always on. The data refreshes because the report uses Direct Query. But how to automate the refreshment of the visual to every 5 minutes - without anyone touching the report?

Or is it the case that only 3rd party solutions are available as suggested in here.

Cheers!

[v-shex-msft]

HI @GoingIncognito ,

AFAIK, direct query model data refreshed when you interact with visual data, it does not support auto-refresh when you work on the desktop side. Maybe you can try to use live connection mode, it will auto-refresh every 15 minutes.

Data refresh in Power BI 
Regards,

Xioaxin Sheng

[sturlaws · Accepted solution]

Hi @GoingIncognito 

no such functionality in Power BI desktop or Power BI Service.

You can look at browser extensions like this
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/easy-auto-refresh/aabcgdmkeabbnleenpncegpcngjpnjkc?hl=en

Alternatively, you can look at Windows scheduler:
https://thesitedoctor.co.uk/blog/periodically-hit-a-url-with-windows-scheduler/

Cheers,
Sturla