You have a Power BI Desktop file named SalesReport.pbix stored in a SharePoint Online document library. You need to add the report and its dataset to the Sales workspace so that any changes you save to the PBIX file in SharePoint automatically appear in the workspace within about an hour, without republishing from Power BI Desktop. What should you do in the workspace?
Upload a local copy of SalesReport.pbix by selecting Upload > Browse.
Open Power BI Desktop and publish SalesReport.pbix directly to the Sales workspace.
From the workspace, select Upload > SharePoint and connect to the PBIX file.
Deploy SalesReport.pbix to the workspace by using a deployment pipeline.
Connecting to the PBIX file by using the Upload > SharePoint option establishes a cloud link between the workspace and the file that remains in SharePoint Online. Power BI checks the file roughly every hour and syncs any saved updates to the associated dataset and report. Uploading a local copy or publishing from Power BI Desktop creates a separate copy that is not refreshed when the original changes, and deployment pipelines only move existing content between stages-they do not provide file-level synchronization. Therefore, connecting directly to the SharePoint-hosted file is the only option that satisfies the automatic-update requirement.
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