Quick summary
Scheduling a Power BI refresh keeps your semantic model automatically updated so reports always reflect the latest data. This step-by-step walkthrough shows how to configure refresh frequency, time zones, and specific refresh times directly from the Power BI service.
Steps
- Navigate to My workspace in the Power BI service, where all your personal reports and datasets are stored.
- In your workspace, locate the semantic model you want to configure for automatic refresh.
- Click the Schedule refresh icon next to the semantic model.
- Select Refresh from the available options menu.
- Toggle Keep data updated to ON to enable automatic refreshing.
- Set your preferred refresh frequency under the Refresh frequency section.
- Configure your time zone and select the specific refresh times you want the schedule to run.
- Click Apply at the bottom of the settings panel to save your refresh schedule.
