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Practical question: PPU vs Fabric
Hello fmorgon
Great question and genuine doubts.
the semantic model refresh in a PPU workspace does not consume resources from the F2 capacity. PPU workspaces operate on shared capacity provided by the PPU license, independent of any dedicated Fabric capacities like F2
When an F2 capacity is paused, all items within that capacity (e.g., Lakehouses, Dataflows, Warehouses) become inaccessible for interactive operations. This includes SQL queries or any direct access to data stored in the Lakehouse or Warehouse associated with the F2 capacity. However, since your Power BI report and semantic model are in a PPU workspace and not directly dependent on the operational state of F2, their refreshes will continue to function as long as they do not require active access to paused resources in the F2 capacity
Yes, all computations related to Power BI reports and semantic models hosted in a PPU workspace are performed within the PPU’s shared capacity. This includes data refreshes, DAX calculations, and rendering of reports. The PPU license provides its own compute
In summary:
• The semantic model refresh in a PPU workspace does not impact or use F2 resources.
• If F2 is paused, any dependencies (like data retrieval from a Warehouse endpoint) will fail.
• All computations for Power BI items in a PPU workspace are handled by PPU’s shared capacity.if this helps please accept the answer and give kudos
Super UserHello fmorgon
Great question and genuine doubts.
the semantic model refresh in a PPU workspace does not consume resources from the F2 capacity. PPU workspaces operate on shared capacity provided by the PPU license, independent of any dedicated Fabric capacities like F2
When an F2 capacity is paused, all items within that capacity (e.g., Lakehouses, Dataflows, Warehouses) become inaccessible for interactive operations. This includes SQL queries or any direct access to data stored in the Lakehouse or Warehouse associated with the F2 capacity. However, since your Power BI report and semantic model are in a PPU workspace and not directly dependent on the operational state of F2, their refreshes will continue to function as long as they do not require active access to paused resources in the F2 capacity
Yes, all computations related to Power BI reports and semantic models hosted in a PPU workspace are performed within the PPU’s shared capacity. This includes data refreshes, DAX calculations, and rendering of reports. The PPU license provides its own compute
In summary:
• The semantic model refresh in a PPU workspace does not impact or use F2 resources.
• If F2 is paused, any dependencies (like data retrieval from a Warehouse endpoint) will fail.
• All computations for Power BI items in a PPU workspace are handled by PPU’s shared capacity.
if this helps please accept the answer and give kudos
