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SusieMull
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Help with licensing/db options

My client uses Power BI to report on a portfolio of projects in Project Online. They would like to be able to view detailed reporting over time within Power BI. They have a ton of Power BI Pro licenses. We would need some place to store the historical Project Online data, and this is where I'm confused. 

 

I'm thinking we could use Power Automate (with a Premium license) to move data from Project Online to our data source, but don't know A) what that datasource should be or B) what the licensing requirements are. Is Dataverse a good option? We're talking 100+ projects, with data captured once a week to an external datasource so we can report against that datasource instead of Project Online. I think our current Power Apps license gives us Dataverse access (and so would the Power Automate license I believe). Would that be sufficient for this sort of weekly data capture? We would then connect to Dataverse via import once a week rather than direct query, so it seems like the volume would be pretty low. If it's helpful, our current model is about 80MB, with plenty of room to trim and optimize. 

 

I hope this is enough information for a clearer answer than I've been able to find on my own. Thanks in advance.

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v-csrikanth
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Hi @SusieMull 

We haven't heard from you since last response and just wanted to check whether the solution provided has worked for you. If yes, please Accept as Solution to help others benefit in the community.
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v-csrikanth
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Hi @SusieMull 

It's been a while since I heard back from you and I wanted to follow up. Have you had a chance to try the solutions that have been offered?
If the issue has been resolved, can you mark the post as resolved? If you're still experiencing challenges, please feel free to let us know and we'll be happy to continue to help!
Looking forward to your reply!


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Community Support Team _ C Srikanth.

v-csrikanth
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Hi @SusieMull 

I wanted to follow up since I haven't heard from you in a while. Have you had a chance to try the suggested solutions?
If your issue is resolved, please consider marking the post as solved. However, if you're still facing challenges, feel free to share the details, and we'll be happy to assist you further.
Looking forward to your response!

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Cheri Srikanth

Anonymous
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Hi @SusieMull ,

 

As far as I know, dataverse is a good choice. Dataverse can intergrate with  applications in Power Platform like Power Automate/ Power BI and so on. 

You can itergrate it with Power Automate with some automaticlly flow and then you can use Power BI to create report with it.

For reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/data-platform-intro

 

Best Regards,
Rico Zhou

 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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