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.




