You have a semantic mortal that is used infrequently and refreshes every hour You receive a notification that the refresh was disabled due to…

The Power BI service automatically pauses the scheduled refresh for a semantic model if it is considered inactive for an extended period (typically two months). A model is deemed inactive when no user visits any report or dashboard built upon it. To resume the paused refresh schedule, user activity must be registered against the model. Opening a report or a dashboard that uses the semantic model are direct user interactions that signal to the Power BI service that the model is back in use, which automatically resumes the scheduled refresh.

C. Enable query caching for the semantic model.

This is a performance-tuning setting. It does not register as user activity against the model's data and will not resume a paused refresh schedule.

D. Import the semantic model to Microsoft Excel.

While connecting to a model from Excel is a form of interaction, the official documentation specifically states that visiting a report or dashboard resumes the schedule. This option is less direct and not the explicitly documented trigger.

E. From PowerShell, run the get-powerbireport cmdlet.

This is an administrative action to retrieve metadata about reports. It does not constitute user access to the data within the semantic model and will not trigger the resumption of the refresh.

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1. Microsoft Docs - Data refresh in Power BI:

Section: Configure scheduled refresh

Content: "If a dataset isn't used for two months

Power BI pauses the refresh schedule for the dataset. A dataset is considered inactive when no user has visited any report or dashboard built on the dataset... To resume scheduled refresh

visit any report or dashboard built on the dataset." This directly supports that opening a report (A) or a dashboard (B) will resume the schedule.

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/refresh-data#configure-scheduled-refresh

2. Microsoft Docs - Optimize Power BI Premium capacities:

Section: Automatic pausing of inactive datasets

Content: "Premium capacities don't automatically pause inactive datasets. When a dataset is moved to a Premium capacity

its refresh schedule resumes automatically." While this discusses Premium capacity behavior

it reinforces the concept that activity (or lack thereof in Pro) governs the refresh schedule

and the primary interaction is through reports/dashboards.

Link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/enterprise/service-premium-capacity-optimize#automatic-pausing-of-inactive-datasets