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Refresh report data on-demand

On-demand refresh allows report designers to perform a light-weight, rapid refresh of the data used within the current report. Only the minimal number of pipelines required for the measures used in the report will be processed. You may need a model designer to configure your model to support this feature.

Using on-demand refresh

  1. Open Refresh data from the Resource Options.

    Refresh data menu item

  2. If on-demand refresh is supported for this report, the Refresh data option will be available. Otherwise, the listed pipelines will need to be configured by a model designer.

    On-demand refresh dialog with correctly configured pipelines

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On‑demand refresh can't run while a model process is in progress. To avoid conflicts, schedule essential processing outside of business hours (e.g. overnight or weekends) and use on-demand refresh during the workday when immediate data updates are needed.

Configuring pipelines to support on-demand refresh

  1. Open Refresh data from the Resource Options.

  2. A list of pipelines necessary for on-demand refresh will be shown. Clicking on the name of a pipeline will open that pipeline in a new tab. The pipelines will need to be configured to adhere to quick processing standards.

    On-demand refresh dialog with pipelines that need configuration

  3. After making the necessary changes, publish the model. The Refresh data option should now be available in the On-demand refresh dialog.

Pipeline reference for On-demand refresh