Decode Consumption Method values

[danielcarpenter]

I am reviewing the usage data for our Power BI reports. I am trying to decode the Consumption Method values to understand what user behaviors correlate with the different values; specifically for the View Report Activity. Here I can see Consumption Method defined as "How users opened the report, such as via the Power BI service (powerbi.com), Power BI Embedded, or a mobile device."

For example the values I am returning are...

1. Power BI Web
2. Power BI Mobile
3. Simplified Embedding
4. Embedding for your organization
5. UNKNOWN

Values #1 and #2 are straight forward.

I am not having any luck understanding what user behaviors correlate to #3 and #4. Embed in Teams? Embed in PPT? Other possibilities?

Value #5 shows a significant % as UNKOWN. What circumstances would cause a View Report activity to have an UNKNOWN Consumption Method?

[AmosHersch · Accepted solution]

Hi @danielcarpenter,

AFAIK "Simplified embedding" is what is also called secure embed, see here: Embed a report in a secure portal or website - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

"Embedding for your organization" - This is the same as SaaS Embed / "User owns data". I don't think your can determine the hosting app, it can be Teams/PPTX/your own application Power BI usage scenarios: Embed for your organization - Power BI | Microsoft Learn

I don't know what are all the UKNOWN values, probably Power BI couldn't detect the hosting application due to missing information/bug.

[danielcarpenter]

Thanks. It wasn't clear which type the Teams and PPT embedding fell into. These were helpful.