PL-300 Visualize and analyze the data Practice Question

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• ✓

  Navigate to the dataset in the Power BI service and open its settings, then expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section, then set the refresh frequency and time windows, then click 'Apply' to save.

  Why this is correct

  This is the correct sequence. In the Power BI service, you must first locate the dataset within its workspace and open the dataset settings page. The 'Scheduled refresh' section contains the toggle to enable refresh, along with controls for frequency and time windows. After configuring those values, clicking 'Apply' saves the schedule and triggers an immediate validation, ensuring the refresh is registered and will run as specified.

• ✗

  Set the refresh frequency and time windows, then expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section, then navigate to the dataset in the Power BI service and open its settings, then click 'Apply'.

  Why it's wrong here

  This order is invalid because you attempt to set the refresh frequency and time windows before you have even opened the dataset settings page in the Power BI service. The scheduled refresh controls are only rendered after you navigate to the dataset's settings and expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section; until then, there is no UI to interact with. Starting the workflow at the wrong point makes the subsequent actions impossible to perform, and clicking 'Apply' could not complete the configuration because the schedule was never accessed. The only valid path begins with locating the dataset in the service and opening its settings.

• ✗

  Navigate to the dataset in the Power BI service and open its settings, then expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section, then click 'Apply', then set the refresh frequency and time windows.

  Why it's wrong here

  This sequence incorrectly places 'click Apply' before 'set the refresh frequency and time windows', which would save a schedule with no actual refresh times. In the Power BI service, Apply is the final confirmation step that validates and persists the entire scheduled refresh configuration; if executed prematurely, the dataset retains its previous or default settings. After Apply is clicked, the frequency and time window controls are no longer in the active editing state, so you cannot meaningfully set them afterward. The correct workflow must finish configuration first and then apply, not apply and then configure.

• ✗

  Expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section, then navigate to the dataset in the Power BI service and open its settings, then set the refresh frequency and time windows, then click 'Apply'.

  Why it's wrong here

  You cannot expand the 'Scheduled refresh' section before navigating to the dataset settings because that section exists only on the dataset's settings page in the Power BI service. The order shown here reverses the logical dependency: the settings page must be opened first to expose the section, then the section is expanded to reveal the frequency and time window controls. Trying to expand an unreachable section effectively skips a mandatory prerequisite step. Only after the section is expanded can you configure the schedule and click Apply to save it.

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