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omnia_saleh
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power bi report server

Is power bi report server save Its content on a file system on windows?

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R1k91
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it saves in ReportServer and ReportServer_tempdb.
when you run power bi semantic models on it, it creates a shadow SSAS instance caching semantic model to serve reports.


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Hi @omnia_saleh ,

Yes, it can be understood like this,the data is ultimately stored on the system's disks.

 

The first time you install and configure PBIRS, you need to specify an MSSQL database to store the data,if you choose to generate a new database, two databases are automatically created on MSSQL by default( ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB ), Database data is ultimately stored on computer disks, the default storage path is : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<MSSQL Instance Name>\MSSQL\DATA.

 

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Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
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Anonymous
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Hi @omnia_saleh ,

Yes, it can be understood like this,the data is ultimately stored on the system's disks.

 

The first time you install and configure PBIRS, you need to specify an MSSQL database to store the data,if you choose to generate a new database, two databases are automatically created on MSSQL by default( ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB ), Database data is ultimately stored on computer disks, the default storage path is : C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<MSSQL Instance Name>\MSSQL\DATA.

 

Best regards,
Community Support Team_Binbin Yu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

R1k91
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Super User

it saves in ReportServer and ReportServer_tempdb.
when you run power bi semantic models on it, it creates a shadow SSAS instance caching semantic model to serve reports.


--
Riccardo Perico
BI Architect @ Lucient Italia | Microsoft MVP

Blog | GitHub

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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