# Refresh Semantic Model

Automatically invoke this skill whenever the user asks to refresh a semantic model or a...

- Repository: https://github.com/data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development (1079 stars)
- Category: Data and ML
- License: GPL-3.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development --skill refresh-semantic-model -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development --skill refresh-semantic-model -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development --skill refresh-semantic-model -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development --skill refresh-semantic-model -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development`

## Description

Automatically invoke this skill whenever the user asks to refresh a semantic model or a dataset. Can also be used to manage, optimize, troubleshoot, or configure a refresh or a refresh schedule.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Refreshing Semantic Models

Trigger, monitor, validate, and troubleshoot semantic model refreshes via the Power BI Enhanced Refresh REST API and Fabric CLI.

## Core Concepts

A semantic model refresh reloads data from upstream sources and/or recalculates dependent objects (calculated columns, calculated tables, measures). The scope can be the entire model, specific tables, or individual partitions.

Six refresh types are available via the REST API; a seventh (`add`) is TMSL-only:

| Type          | Reloads Data | Recalculates | Primary Use Case                     | API  |
|---------------|:------------:|:------------:|--------------------------------------|:----:|
| `full`        | Yes          | Yes          | Complete reload from scratch         | REST |
| `automatic`   | Conditional  | Conditional  | Smart refresh; process only if needed| REST |
| `dataOnly`    | Yes          | No*          | Reload data; clear dependents        | REST |
| `calculate`   | No           | Yes          | Recalculate without reloading data   | REST |
| `clearValues` | No           | No           | Empty data from objects              | REST |
| `defragment`  | No           | No           | Clean up column dictionaries         | REST |
| `add`         | Append       | Yes          | Append rows to a partition           | TMSL |

*`dataOnly` clears dependent objects (calculated columns, calculated tables) but does not recalculate them. Follow with a `calculate` refresh to restore them.

For detailed descriptions, behavior with incremental refresh policies, commit modes, and parallelism options, consult **`references/refresh-types.md`**.

## Refresh Workflow

### Step 1: Resolve IDs

Extract the workspace and model GUIDs needed for API calls:

```bash
WS_ID=$(fab get "WorkspaceName.Workspace" -q "id" | tr -d '"')
MODEL_ID=$(fab get "WorkspaceName.Workspace/ModelName.SemanticModel" -q "id" | tr -d '"')
```

### Step 2: Query Baseline Data (Pre-Refresh Validation)

The rest: https://github.com/data-goblin/power-bi-agentic-development/blob/HEAD/plugins/semantic-models/skills/refresh-semantic-model/SKILL.md