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DebbieE
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6 years ago

Confusion re Power BI Import Storage

Power BI imports data into its own tabular storage. 'The VertiPaq engine: the in-memory columnar database that stores and hosts your model'   But when I look into Power BI security it says that the...
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  • DebbieE's avatar
    DebbieE
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    6 years ago

    Still confused. So it uses both a SSAS for the tabular data storage and blob storage for everything else?

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      mwegener
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      6 years ago

      Hi DebbieE ,

       

      "data that is uploaded from users is typically sent to Azure BLOB storage"

      Your PBIX file is saved with the containing tabular model in the Azure Blob. (Analog to your hard drive)

       

      By the way, why is it so important?
      You don't have to care about it.

       

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        DebbieE
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        6 years ago

        "By the way, why is it so important?
        You don't have to care about it."

         

        Of course its important to understand these things. I do care about it because currently its not quite making sense from the documentation

         

        So you are saying that the Analysis Services tabular model that contains the data is in blob storage?