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I cannot find the correct trigger. I am looking for the trigger "When a dataset is refreshed" in Power BI. Why is this trigger now showing up and what is the solution?
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  • Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    33,502 Most Valuable Professional on at
     
    That trigger doesn't exist in the Power BI connector. What are you trying to achieve with your flow setup? Maybe you can workaround it with a different trigger/flow setup.
     
    For reference see the below documentation:
     



     
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    trice602 Profile Picture
    15,915 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi there!
     
    As mentioned by   there isn't a specific trigger to do this but rather actions.  I'm going to show you 2 common methods:
     
    More often than not, automated data refreshes start with some new source file that is saved to a SharePoint site.  When that new file comes in you want to refresh your BI.
     
    The first method is to consume your data using a dataflow and then after the trigger fires, you can refresh a dataflow.  Think of this step as Power Query where you want to do some extra transformations before refreshing.
     
    The latter is a simple refresh a dataset.
     
     
    The other popular associated flow may use a recurrence, such as, every morning at 5 AM I want to refresh my data.  Here you can use a scheduled flow.
     
     
     
    Goes without saying, you don't use both actions I am showing above in this structure, just showing you the 2 actions ~ pick one.

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  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,551 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    you need to create your own polling flow based on a custom connector and the Power BI REST API.
     
    Either through the generic Datasets - Get Refresh History In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn  (check for the presence of an EndDate for the newest entry)
     
    Or more targeted with the Enhanced Refresh API calls. Datasets - Get Refresh Execution Details In Group - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn (when you have the RequestID)
     
     
    Better alternative - Data pipeline in Fabric. These allow you to wait for the completion of the refresh
     
    Obligatory note:  Completion of refresh does not automatically mean the refresh was successful. You still need to check the result status.

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