Asynchronous refresh now available in Power BI for public preview. The asynchronous refresh REST API for Power BI brings built-in features for reliability, such as auto retries and batched commits.
» Read moreToday, we are making scheduling of refreshes much more flexible to improve how Power BI works in processes like the ones described above. Specifically, we have added a new Refresh a dataset action to the Power BI connector for Microsoft Flow.
» Read moreIt’s time again to recap the major features and announcements we made in the Power BI service and mobile for the month of July.
» Read moreAnnouncing support for sending refresh failure notifications to others in addition to the dataset owner. This feature enables dataset owners to monitor data refreshes more reliably and more effortlessly than before. It can help to ensure refresh issues get noticed and addressed in a timely manner.
» Read moreConnecting datasets to their data sources is arguably one of the most important tasks BI authors must accomplish after publishing a Power BI Desktop file to the Power BI service. It is perhaps also…
» Read moreToday, I am excited to announce the general availability of new APIs for managing data refresh in the Power BI service. These new APIs will allow you to programmatically trigger data refreshes and retrieve refresh history for any dataset that you own. With these versatile new tools, you’ll be able to easily automate and scale out Power BI data refresh management – no more clicking through dataset settings or flipping through refresh histories. In addition, these APIs open the door to integrating data refresh into your existing ETL or deployment processes. You could, for example, trigger Power BI data refresh as the last step in your Azure Data Factory ETL pipeline. And, as an ISV, you can easily manage the data for all your embedded analytics solutions.
» Read moreIt’s been another exciting month for Power BI! Join us as we recap all the features that we’ve released in the Power BI service this month. A few general notes before we continue: the features that…
» Read moreIf you’re already using Microsoft Power BI Pro, you’ve learned how to unify all your data sources and create dashboards and reports that deliver useful business insights to decision makers. We’re sure that’s working out well for the business, and we bet it’s earned you some notice. Here are three tips that will help you get even more out of Power BI Pro and transform the data culture at your organization.
» Read moreThis month in gateways, we’ve added support for new data sources for the on-premises data gateway, and the Power BI personal gateway. In this blog we will walk you through these new data sources, and also talk about monitoring your gateway.
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