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Fabric pricing for export to PDF API
Anonymous I think everyone is still trying to wrap their heads around Fabric pricing because it seems stupidly complex at the moment. Premium was amazingly simple, which was pretty much unique for Microsoft. So, it makes some degree of sense that they would decide to have the licensing now fall in line with the complex misery of all of their other products.
Honestly, if you can figure it out fully, please let the world know by posting a blog article on the subject. One question I do have is what size F SKU are you running?
Greg_Deckler No problem!
May I figure it out!
It is an F32 SKU.
Or you could give the Fabric pricing thing a miss and (if you are open to using third-party tools), see if BI Helper https://bihelper.tech meets your PDF report bursting requirement.
BI Helper is an easy to use SaaS application that automates the generation and emailing of user-specific PDFs (with filters and slicers applied). It is secure, scalable and works with a Power BI Pro / PPU license for the sender.
It doesn't require Power Automate or any IT infrastructure, and can be easily set up and run by a business user.
An F32 has 1920 CUs per minute. The usage report is in 30-second intervals. In 30 seconds, an F32 gives you 960 CUs to spend. From my testing, the creation of a PDF uses 1200 CUs. So, if you create many PDFs in a short interval, you will well exceed the F32 and most likely pay extra. Maybe try to add a waiting time between each PDF creation.
