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Hi
need some guidance on how to setup my existing PowerBI desktop on a virtual cloud machine.
Current Setup : I have a PBI desktop file on my local laptop; I refresh it daily, and then PUBLISH manually
Required : looking for a VM; place my PBI desktop file there; schedule an automatic refresh/publish
Any guidance on how to proceed with the same?
Thanks a ton!
Abhishek
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Ok, maybe. But do you know that you don’t need to refresh and publish the desktop file at all? You can publish once, then use a gateway to refresh automatically from Powerbi.com.
Hi abhitiwa,
As @MattAllington mentioned, you don’t need to refresh your data in PBI desktop. All of the refresh can be done in PBI service.
There’re three kinds of refresh in PBI service:
For more details about data refresh, you can refer to the documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/refresh-data
Usually, if your data source is not online data source, a data gateway is needed to make sure that the refresh on data will be successful.
There’re two kinds of data gateway in PBI:
For more details about data gateway, you can refer to the documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-getting-started
Best Regards,
Jimmy Tao
Ok, maybe. But do you know that you don’t need to refresh and publish the desktop file at all? You can publish once, then use a gateway to refresh automatically from Powerbi.com.
Hi @MattAllington, thanks for such a prompt response. could you pls share some details on how to setup the gateway? or, may be share some tutorial video which might help!
Thanks
Abhishek
Hi abhitiwa,
As @MattAllington mentioned, you don’t need to refresh your data in PBI desktop. All of the refresh can be done in PBI service.
There’re three kinds of refresh in PBI service:
For more details about data refresh, you can refer to the documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/refresh-data
Usually, if your data source is not online data source, a data gateway is needed to make sure that the refresh on data will be successful.
There’re two kinds of data gateway in PBI:
For more details about data gateway, you can refer to the documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-gateway-getting-started
Best Regards,
Jimmy Tao
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