Feature Usage and Adoption - Consumption Method

[julsr]

Hi everyone,

I'm using the Feature Usage and Adoption report from the Admin Monitoring Workspace to determine which reports are being used. I'm filtering as we can see in the image, so I can assume that the first Workspace name by PowerBI Web method means that users are consuming/using the report 639 times in the date range, right? What does a blank Consumption method mean?

[v-karpurapud · Accepted solution]

Hi @julsr 

Welcome to the Microsoft Fabric Community Forum. Also, thank you @Tutu_in_YYC for the helpful insights.
 

The Feature Usage and Adoption report in the Power BI Admin Monitoring workspace offers essential insights into how reports are accessed and used within an organization. When the "Consumption Method" field is filled for example, with "Power BI Web" it shows that the report was accessed via the Power BI web interface. The activity count indicates the number of times the report was accessed through that method during the specified date range.

If the "Consumption Method" field is blank, it usually means Power BI couldn't capture the access method. This may be due to incomplete telemetry, indirect access methods (like embedded views), API-based interactions, or older workspaces not upgraded to the modern (V2) experience. Sometimes, these blanks are due to logging limitations in the platform.

For a more accurate view of report usage, cross-reference this report with Power BI Activity Events using Microsoft Purview or the Activity Log API. Upgrading all workspaces to the latest (V2) experience is also crucial.

For refernce, please go through the microsoft official document:
 Feature usage and adoption report - Microsoft Fabric | Microsoft Learn

I hope this information is helpful . If this response resolves your query, kindly mark it as Accepted Solution to help other community members. A Kudos is also appreciated if you found the response helpful.

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Regards,
Karpurapu D,
Microsoft Fabric Community Support Team.

[Tutu_in_YYC]

Hi,
currently  these grouping exist in the feature usage and adoption report:

There are actually more. The data that is being used is from audit log, so these are the other consumption methods that exist:

Notice that theres also a blank in the above pic? That is activities that do not have define consumption methods like:

You may be able to identify those 245 blank consumption type if you look into your audit log.