Power BI Embedded Capacity

[CSafwat]

Hi,

Kindly can someone clarify how the pricing of Power BI Embedded capacity per hour works?

It's going to consume when the capacity is active even if there is no rendering? If so, how can we manage the on/off for capacity so we can actually pay less?

Also, we need to know what is actually meant by Page rendering and how it's being counted? 

Thanks,

[v-jianboli-msft]

Hi @CSafwat ,

You can use Power BI REST APIs on Power BI Embedded:

• Get Workload returns the current state of a workload (for example, Enabled) and the maximum memory percentage that the workload can consume out of the total memory capacity.
• Get Workloads returns the current state of specified capacity workloads. For each enabled workload, the API also returns the maximum memory percentage that the workload can consume.
• Patch Workload changes the state of a specific workload to Enabled or Disabled. When you enable a workload, you must also set the maximum memory percentage that the workload can consume.

For more details, please refer to:

Capacities - REST API (Power BI Power BI REST APIs) | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Jianbo Li

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[CSafwat]

Hi @v-jianboli-msft,

Thank you for your reply.

Is there is an API or a way to know the ideal time of the capacity before pausing it? we need to know if there is any rendering in the past mins so we won't pause it, else we will pause it.

Thanks,

[v-jianboli-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @CSafwat ,

The total cost of Power BI Embedded depends on the node type chosen and the number of nodes deployed. Node types differ based on number of V-cores and RAM as outlined here.

Power BI Embedded bills on a predictable hourly rate based on the type of node(s) deployed. You are billed as long as your resource is active, even if there's no usage. You need to pause your resource to stop billing.

Pausing your capacity prevents you from being billed. Pausing your capacity is great if you don't need to use the capacity for a period of time. 

You can pause or start your Power BI embedded Capacity in Azure portal or use CLI to manage your capacity.

For more details, please refer to:

Pause and start your Power BI Embedded capacity in the Azure portal - Power BI | Microsoft Learn 

Best Regards,

Jianbo Li

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