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Our use case and the architecture we’re planning to use explained below. Please check and let us know if this is a good approach for our use case.
Use case:
Consumption of real time streaming data from an existing Kafka topic in Power BI. The data should refresh in real time on the report.
Architecture:
Concepts:
We also read this real time streaming into Power BI will be retired in October 2027 and we’d then probably use the Real time intelligence in Fabric. We have Premium capacity now and not Fabric.
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Hi @VMariapp ,
Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.
can you please find the below points :
You can combine visuals from both streamed and live/DirectQuery datasets on a single Power BI dashboard.
Visuals must be created in separate reports (one per dataset) and then pinned to the same dashboard manually.
No cross-filtering or interactivity between visuals from different datasets.
Streaming dataset visuals update in real-time.
Live/DirectQuery visuals refresh based on dashboard tile settings (default: every 15 minutes, can be reduced to 1 minute).
Cannot mix streaming and DirectQuery data sources in the same report or visual.
Dashboard serves as a view-only layer, combining outputs from different sources, not a unified data model.
For interactivity between visuals, consider combining both datasets into one model using Import or DirectQuery.
Regards,
Chaithanya.
Hi @VMariapp ,
As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided for the issue worked? or Let us know if you need any further assistance?
If our response addressed, please mark it as Accept as solution and click Yes if you found it helpful.
Regards,
Chaithanya
Hi @VMariapp ,
As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided for the issue worked? or Let us know if you need any further assistance?
If our response addressed, please mark it as Accept as solution and click Yes if you found it helpful.
Regards,
Chaithanya
Hi @VMariapp ,
As we haven’t heard back from you, we wanted to kindly follow up to check if the solution provided for the issue worked? or Let us know if you need any further assistance?
If our response addressed, please mark it as Accept as solution and click Yes if you found it helpful.
Regards,
Chaithanya
Hi @VMariapp ,
Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Fabric Community Forum.
can you please find the below points :
You can combine visuals from both streamed and live/DirectQuery datasets on a single Power BI dashboard.
Visuals must be created in separate reports (one per dataset) and then pinned to the same dashboard manually.
No cross-filtering or interactivity between visuals from different datasets.
Streaming dataset visuals update in real-time.
Live/DirectQuery visuals refresh based on dashboard tile settings (default: every 15 minutes, can be reduced to 1 minute).
Cannot mix streaming and DirectQuery data sources in the same report or visual.
Dashboard serves as a view-only layer, combining outputs from different sources, not a unified data model.
For interactivity between visuals, consider combining both datasets into one model using Import or DirectQuery.
Regards,
Chaithanya.
Hi @VMariapp ,
We’ve done something similar with Kafka + Power BI. Your setup looks solid for now – Kafka consumer pushing to a Push Dataset works fine for real-time visuals.
Just a heads-up though: streaming datasets are being retired in 2027, so long-term you’ll need to move to Real-Time Intelligence in Fabric.
Couple notes:
If you’re on Premium, you’ll likely get Fabric access soon anyway – might be worth testing RTI early.
If my response resolved your query, kindly mark it as the Accepted Solution to assist others. Additionally, I would be grateful for a 'Kudos' if you found my response helpful.
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