Is Excel file on One Drive for Business, Power BI Pro content?

[Oscar]

According to the documentation, a dataset that is imported from an Excel file on One Drive, is automatically refreshed. Does that also make the dataset Power BI Pro content?

[PowerBIGuy]

No. it is still free content.

https://support.powerbi.com/knowledgebase/articles/685479-power-bi-pro-content-what-is-it

if your content contains only the following items it will be consumable by both Power BI free and Pro users:

• A dashboard or report connected to content packs for services (e.g. Dynamics CRM, Salesforce, and Google Analytics).
• A dashboard or report with data imported from files such as Excel spreadsheets, Power BI Desktop, and CSV.

[Oscar]

Thanks for your reply. The page you are referring to also states:

If your content contains any of the following items, it's Power BI Pro content:

• Data from a dataset that refreshes more frequently than daily.

Wouldn't that make the Excel file Pro content?

[PowerBIGuy · Accepted solution]

That line is in reference to to scheduled refreshes. Excel stored on One-drive is considered a Automatic refresh. Hope that explanation helps.