Data refreshed at intervals of 3 hours or more thanks to PowerBI's gateway function
It involves using the tools built into Power BI to perform what is called a scheduled data refresh. The method requires a free or Pro PowerBi license and the installation of a gateway on a computer.
Prerequisites
The MySQL Connector or ODBC Connecteur installed on your device
Have published a dashboard
Have a computer that refreshes data via a gateway
Execution
Once the table has been published, go to the PowerBI Web workspace to create a gateway.
Go to this address and download the gateway in standard mode;
Once you've downloaded the executable, you need to install it;
Enter the e-mail address associated with the PowerBI account;
Configure as a new gateway;
Enter a name to recognize the gateway on PowerBI;
Enter a password to restore the gateway in the future;
The gateway is now installed;
Go to the PowerBI Web page and click on My workspace;
Select the data and click on the three vertical dots next to the Datasets option, then on Schedule update;
Click on Gateway connection;
Select the previously created gateway and click on Configure;
Click on Add data sources to use the gateway;
Name the data source and select the MySQL option in the data source type;
Enter the server and database information available in the BI Access section of the Paperless Forms website;
Choose the Basic authentication method and enter the username and password provided in the BI Access section of the Paperless Forms website;
Return to the Schedule update option;
Click on Add and return to the Schedule update option, then the Connect to gateway option;
The gateway should appear in green; all that remains is to select the data source and click Apply;
Go to the Scheduled update section and activate your new schedule;
Enter the times at which you want the refreshes to take place (there is a maximum of 8 refreshes per day for the Free and Pro accounts) by clicking on Add another schedule.
You can enter an e-mail to send alerts if the refresh is not working.Once the times are set, click on Apply.