Unable to schedule refresh for excel Semantic model

[priyasingh]

I am unable to scehdule refresh for an excel file which is saved at the Shared newtwork drive. The option is greyed out. 

[v-huijiey-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @priyasingh ,

Thanks for the reply from danextian .

When the data source used by the report is local and you need to refresh it in the service, you need to configure a gateway as a bridge between the local data source and the service.

Connect to the Excel file using the path \\servername\issueexport\jiraexport_its.xlsx.

The specific operation steps are similar to the document below. Just change the SQL Server data source mentioned in the document below to File.

Manage your data source - import and scheduled refresh - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.

Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team

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[danextian]

Hi @priyasingh 

Is  there an existing data gateway for the files stroed in your network shares?