You have a Power BI semantic model that connects to a streaming data source. The data source is updated frequently. You need to create a Power BI report that meets the following requirements…

DirectQuery mode directly queries the underlying data source with every user interaction, ensuring that reports always display the most current data without needing a data refresh in Power BI. This mode minimizes performance impact on the data source as Power BI does not store a copy of the data, only metadata.

Import mode loads all data into the Power BI model, requiring scheduled refreshes to get updated data, which doesn't meet the real-time or 'without data refresh' requirements.

LiveConnect mode connects to existing Power BI datasets or Analysis Services models, not directly to a streaming source for query-based real-time analysis as described.

Push mode programmatically pushes data into Power BI, typically for real-time dashboards, but for a semantic model connecting to a source for query-based real-time analytics, DirectQuery is the standard approach.