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girishtharwani2
Helper III
2 months ago
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Power BI - Fabric Capacity Metrics

Hi,

We are using the Power BI - Fabric Capacity Metrics

And in one of the workspace it says we have consumed more GB.

How to check the details of it and where exactly it is consumed.

 

 

 

  • v-kpoloju-msft's avatar
    v-kpoloju-msft
    2 months ago

    Hi girishtharwani2
    Thank you for the follow-up question.

    The Fabric Capacity Metrics app only shows storage consumption at the workspace level and does not provide a drill-down to the exact file or table consuming the storage. This is why you're unable to identify the specific source of the 500 GB usage from the Capacity Metrics report alone.

    To identify the storage consumer, navigate to Workspace Settings → One Lake → Storage report (Preview). The Storage Report provides item-level storage details and can help you determine which Lakehouse, Warehouse, Semantic Model, Mirrored Database, or other Fabric item is consuming the most storage within the workspace.

    If you need more granular details, open the identified item and review its tables, files, historical data, shortcuts, or mirrored data, as the Storage Report may not always provide a file-level or table-level breakdown.

    Refer these links:
    1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/enterprise/metrics-app-storage-page 
    2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/onelake/how-to-get-item-size 
    3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/onelake/onelake-consumption 

    Hope this helps. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to reach out to us. We will be happy to help.

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  • Hi girishtharwani2 ,

     

    Based on your screen shot i can understand you are seeing the storage details of the worksapces.

    There are few things we need to consider here while checking storage:

    1) This is complete OneLake storage GB which is shown here based on the number of workspaces created.

    2) The above information comes from STorage page, read the COMPUTE page to identify the Fabric items like warehouse/lakehouse/KQL DB/SQL DB CU consumptions, to identify the mroe usage.

     

    YOu can also check the othwr charts and graphs on the compute page to check how many reads/writes are happening in lakehouse/warehouse and in another storage. The item which consumes more CU's check if its a write operation, more writes means more table data is getting loaded. 

    3) Check notebook CUs on compute page, is there any notebook which writing into tables, thereby adding to more storage.

     

    The main idea is to check the compute page to identify usage of storage.

     

    Let me know if it helps, please give kudos if you like my response and consider it as a solution if it works for you.

     

    Thanks

    Ati Puri

    • girishtharwani2's avatar
      girishtharwani2
      Helper III

      Hi,

      Thank you for guding.

      But i am unable to find the exact file which has consumed that 500 GB.

      How to find it where it is exactly stored ?

      • ati_puri's avatar
        ati_puri
        Resolver III

        HI girishtharwani2 ,

         

        Capacity metrics app currently only shows GB consumption at workspace level and not item level. However, there is a way to check that in workspace settings.

        Check Onelake storage in workspace settings to get the storage details. This feature is in preview mode as of now.

        To know more about onelake storage - check this link - OneLake consumption - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

         

        Let me know if it helps.

         

        Thanks

        Ati Puri

  • Hi girishtharwani2 ,

     

    another option would be to use FUAM.
    It’s not an official Microsoft product, but it provides detailed information on all Fabric settings as well as the individual workspaces.

    Here’s the link to the GitHub repository. It’s now part of the Fabric Toolbox.

     

    https://github.com/microsoft/fabric-toolbox/tree/main/monitoring/fabric-unified-admin-monitoring

     

    I can also recommend Fabric Jumpstart; there you'll find a few ready-made solutions that might help you.

    Here is the link to Fabric Jumpstart.

    https://jumpstart.fabric.microsoft.com/

     

    I use it myself to monitor my capacity in general.

    https://jumpstart.fabric.microsoft.com/catalog/fpm-capacity-events/

     

    I hope that helps.

     

    Many greetz

    spaceman127

     

     

     

    Feel free to leave kudos or accept it as a solution. This will also help other community members.

  • Hey  

    To discover high GB consumption in the Fabric Capacity Metrics app, follow these steps: 

    • Assess the Storage Page in Capacity Metrics App 
    • Discover the High-Consuming Workspace 
    • Drill Down by Experience and Item Type 
    • Check Trends Over Time 

      This approach will help you spot and optimize storage consumption.  

  • Hi girishtharwani2

    Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum. Also, thanks to spaceman127alicegrayati_puri,  for those inputs on this thread.

    Has your issue been resolved? If the response provided by the community member spaceman127alicegrayati_puri,  addressed your query, could you please confirm? It helps us ensure that the solutions provided are effective and beneficial for everyone.

    Hope this helps clarify things and let me know what you find after giving these steps a try happy to help you investigate this further.

    Thank you for using the Microsoft Community Forum.

    • girishtharwani2's avatar
      girishtharwani2
      Helper III

      Hi, 

      Still the issue is not resolved.

      I am unable to find the file storage location from the power bi capactiy report.

      need more help

      • v-kpoloju-msft's avatar
        v-kpoloju-msft
        Community Support

        Hi girishtharwani2
        Thank you for the follow-up question.

        The Fabric Capacity Metrics app only shows storage consumption at the workspace level and does not provide a drill-down to the exact file or table consuming the storage. This is why you're unable to identify the specific source of the 500 GB usage from the Capacity Metrics report alone.

        To identify the storage consumer, navigate to Workspace Settings → One Lake → Storage report (Preview). The Storage Report provides item-level storage details and can help you determine which Lakehouse, Warehouse, Semantic Model, Mirrored Database, or other Fabric item is consuming the most storage within the workspace.

        If you need more granular details, open the identified item and review its tables, files, historical data, shortcuts, or mirrored data, as the Storage Report may not always provide a file-level or table-level breakdown.

        Refer these links:
        1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/enterprise/metrics-app-storage-page 
        2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/onelake/how-to-get-item-size 
        3. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/fabric/onelake/onelake-consumption 

        Hope this helps. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to reach out to us. We will be happy to help.