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Add "monthly" as a scheduled refresh option

Pro users have the ability to schedule refresh for daily (intra day) and weekly. For some datasets, monthly is the right cadence. Can we have a scheduled refresh option that is Monthly (and lets us choose which day of the month the refresh is to occur)?

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  • Andreas S. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    also think about query chaching / reducing useless traffic on the gateway etc..

    Would be great to specifcy in a calender view also specific dates throughout the year (as e.g. possible in the tool xtract universal for SAP BW extractions). In our company we have a precise reporitng schedule what is available when (respecting globally relvant public holidays etc. - that's why it's not everry month the 3rd calendar day, but rather the 3rd working day in my global companies definition of working day from reporting perspective).

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Is this the desktop version of power bi or the gateway that needs updating? I currently have no option for monthly refresh through a gateway

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Monthly is an option, I see it in my PBI Schedule? Maybe you just haven't updated for a long time.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please update this... it would be helpful we could specify not only the daily, weekly but also bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly etc. Allow the users to select frequency (daily, weekly and monthly) and the number of repetitions (enter an integer for the selected frequency, 2-weeks for every 2 weeks, starting from selected date)

  • Grey commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would be incredibly important, also to send monthly updates to users of reports.

  • Omar Williams commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 For this as well - As a Power BI Consultant it is one the most frequently asked questions by my clients. This should be one of the top priorities in the next update. Come on MS we believe in you

  • Mathew Somers commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    +1 for this also - seems so long to wait for monthly, quarterly, fiscal periods, yearly scheduled reports.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Any updates? This is an absolute MUST HAVE for organizations. Weekly and daily reports are too frequent for end users. We need to have a variety of refresh options. This is something that other competing tools such as tableau can do. Come on Power BI!

  • Anna commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add that option or send the other options i have for sending the mail monthly

  • KatrinW commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the option to refresh monthly, quarterly, but also every second week would make sense!

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