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Inexplicable DataflowsStagingWarehouse Load on Capacity
Hi NotebookEnjoyer ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
High Scale Dataflow Compute: You're charged when staging is enabled, based on Lakehouse (Staging storage) and Warehouse (Storage Compute) SQL engine consumption duration.
For high-scale scenarios when staging is turned on queries run on the Lakehouse or Warehouse SQL engine. Each second of compute time uses 6 CU seconds, so longer queries consume more. This could be the reason for high capacity consumption.
If your dataflow uses staging, to find out how much High Scale compute you used, open the Fabric Capacity Metrics App and filter by your Dataflow’s name. Right-click the name, look for High Scale compute in the list of operations, and check the duration.
I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Thank you
As far as I know, my dataflows don't even use staging (all queries are italicized), which would explain why there is no high-scale compute in the Metrics App Tooltip:
And to reiterate: I'm not worried about the capacity consumption of the dataflows themselves, but about the consumption of the staging warehouse.
Hi NotebookEnjoyer ,
If you believe values are being calculated incorrectly in Fabric Capacity Metric App, Please consider reaching out to Microsoft Support. You can provide them with all the troubleshooting steps you've already taken, which will help them understand the issue better and provide a resolution. They might be able to identify something specific about your admin account setup or provide a solution that isn't immediately obvious.
Below is the link to create Microsoft Support ticket:
How to create a Fabric and Power BI Support ticket - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Thank you
