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Helper IFabric Capacity exceeded what happens to Pro workspaces
Hi,
I am developing in a Fabric capacity tenant with a SKU 4. My end-users will consume a Power BI app that lies in a Power BI Pro workspace. If the Fabric capacity would be exceeded would my end-users still be able to consume the Power BI app? They all have a Power BI Pro license.
On a side note, is it possible for an end-users with a Pro-license, PPU or a user in a Premium Capacity enviroment to use Fabric capacity without having a Fabric license?
Hi MSchultz93
Since your users have Power BI Pro licenses and the workspace is not in a Fabric capacity (but rather a Pro workspace), they should still be able to consume content unless specific operations rely on Fabric resources.For end-users consuming a Power BI app in a Pro workspace, their ability to access the app depends on whether the operation requires additional Fabric compute resources. If throttling freezes the capacity, users may encounter errors like "Cannot load model due to reaching capacity limits" etc
- Users with Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses can consume Power BI content in Fabric capacities smaller than F64 (e.g., F4). A Fabric license is not required for these users to access Power BI reports within their licensing scope
- For capacities F64 and above, even users with free licenses can view Power BI content if they have a viewer role in the workspace. However, for smaller SKUs like F4, Pro or PPU licenses remain mandatory for all users consuming content
- A Fabric license is necessary only when creating or managing non-Power BI Fabric items (e.g., data warehouses or lakehouses) within a Fabric capacity. Free users cannot create or manage such items unless they are assigned to a trial or paid Fabric capacity
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/licenses?WT.mc_id=data-91115-jndemenge
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ThanksHi MSchultz93
The easy way to answer your question:
If both your Semantic Model and Report resides in a Pro Workspaces, and the Semantic Model only uses tables in Import Mode then the Reports (and Workspace App) continues to function even if your capacity is exceeded.
If your Model is stored in a Fabric Workspace, OR your Model is stored in a Pro workspace, but uses DirectQuery or DirectLake storage mode to connect to tables from a Warehouse/Lakehouse/Database on a capacity that has exceeded its limits, your Power BI reports in the Pro workspace will stop functioning.
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- Jonvoge
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Hi MSchultz93
The easy way to answer your question:
If both your Semantic Model and Report resides in a Pro Workspaces, and the Semantic Model only uses tables in Import Mode then the Reports (and Workspace App) continues to function even if your capacity is exceeded.
If your Model is stored in a Fabric Workspace, OR your Model is stored in a Pro workspace, but uses DirectQuery or DirectLake storage mode to connect to tables from a Warehouse/Lakehouse/Database on a capacity that has exceeded its limits, your Power BI reports in the Pro workspace will stop functioning.
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Hi MSchultz93
Since your users have Power BI Pro licenses and the workspace is not in a Fabric capacity (but rather a Pro workspace), they should still be able to consume content unless specific operations rely on Fabric resources.For end-users consuming a Power BI app in a Pro workspace, their ability to access the app depends on whether the operation requires additional Fabric compute resources. If throttling freezes the capacity, users may encounter errors like "Cannot load model due to reaching capacity limits" etc
- Users with Power BI Pro or Premium Per User (PPU) licenses can consume Power BI content in Fabric capacities smaller than F64 (e.g., F4). A Fabric license is not required for these users to access Power BI reports within their licensing scope
- For capacities F64 and above, even users with free licenses can view Power BI content if they have a viewer role in the workspace. However, for smaller SKUs like F4, Pro or PPU licenses remain mandatory for all users consuming content
- A Fabric license is necessary only when creating or managing non-Power BI Fabric items (e.g., data warehouses or lakehouses) within a Fabric capacity. Free users cannot create or manage such items unless they are assigned to a trial or paid Fabric capacity
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/licenses?WT.mc_id=data-91115-jndemenge
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MSchultz93Thank you for the explanation.
In my case the semantic model is created from a tables in a Data Warehouse in Fabric, the PBI report is developed in PBI Desktop then uploaded to a PBI Pro Workspace. (It's not a direct query). As I understand it my end-users will in this specific case be able to consume the Power BI report, despite that the Fabric capacity exceeded.
Thank you in advance.- nilendraFabric
Thanks MSchultz93
- Even though the semantic model originates from a Fabric-based Data Warehouse, the report itself resides in a Pro workspace. This means that the consumption of the report by end-users does not directly depend on Fabric capacity resources.
- However, if the Fabric capacity hosting the Data Warehouse exceeds its compute limits (throttling), operations like refreshing the dataset in Power BI could fail. This would impact updates to the report but not necessarily its consumption unless live queries are being executed
- Since your report is not using DirectQuery but instead relies on imported data, end-users will not be affected by real-time throttling of the Fabric capacity. The data is already loaded into Power BI's internal storage when the dataset was refreshed
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