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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?

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        mwegener
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        6 years ago

        Hi DebbieE ,

         

        in my opinion it works like on your local PC.

        The PBIX file is saved in the Azure Blob as on your hard drive.

        When you call up the report\model, the SSAS instance is created from the PBIX file, as happens in Power BI Dektop on your local PC.

        If the report\model is no longer used, the pbix file will be unloaded.