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GianPaolo
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1 year ago
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Power BI Pro License without Fabric Capacity

Hello everybody,

 

I have some doubts about licensing in Power BI. This is my current situation.

I have a small company and at the moment I have 1 Power Bi -Pro license. I am interested just in seeing reports I am building in my Online Area. (not sharing at the moment)

Some days ago I shut down the "Free Fabric evaluation try pop up windows" and now on top of My Workspace I have this Alert (marked in yellow) which says that "the fabric evaluation time is expired and in 30 days all the elements which are not Power BI  elements would be canceled. 

I dont understand because in "My workspace" at the moment I have 3 reports with theyr respective simple semantic models...

so the questions are:

Can I have reports and semantic models in my workspace without a fabric capacity? ( I dont want Fabric capacity)

Can I create an App (more reports toghether) without Fabric capacity?

Can I use Dataflows without a Fabric capacity?

I dont' understand why I have an alert on top of "My Workspace" and nothing in another WorkSpace I created yesterday where I transferred all the reports I had in "My workspace"

I am at the beginning, I tried to read ans watch some videos but I didn't find the answer to my questions.

Thanks in advance 

Need Help
  • rajendraongole1's avatar
    rajendraongole1
    1 year ago

    Hi GianPaolo - Yes, you can have reports and semantic models (also called datasets) in My Workspace without Fabric capacity. Fabric capacity is not required for core Power BI functionalities like creating, viewing, and publishing reports. However, Fabric is related to new features for data engineering, data science, and real-time analytics. Since you are primarily using Power BI for reports, Fabric capacity is not essential for you.

     

    2. Yes, you can create and publish an App in Power BI without needing Fabric capacity. Power BI Apps are designed to bundle together reports and dashboards for easier distribution. You don't need Fabric for this feature. A Power BI Pro license is sufficient to create and share apps within your organization.

     

    3. The reason you see the alert in My Workspace but not in the newly created workspace could be because My Workspace is tied to your user account and has inherited the Fabric evaluation features when you signed up. Since the evaluation period has expired, it is warning you that any non-Power BI elements (like Fabric services) will be removed.

     

    Since you're not using Fabric, you can continue using Power BI without any impact after the evaluation expires. If you're still concerned, you can verify what non-Power BI elements might be removed by checking for any Fabric-related resources (like Data Warehouse, Dataflows, or Data Lake) in My Workspace.

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  • rajendraongole1's avatar
    rajendraongole1
    Super User
    1 year ago

    Hi GianPaolo - Yes, you can have reports and semantic models (also called datasets) in My Workspace without Fabric capacity. Fabric capacity is not required for core Power BI functionalities like creating, viewing, and publishing reports. However, Fabric is related to new features for data engineering, data science, and real-time analytics. Since you are primarily using Power BI for reports, Fabric capacity is not essential for you.

     

    2. Yes, you can create and publish an App in Power BI without needing Fabric capacity. Power BI Apps are designed to bundle together reports and dashboards for easier distribution. You don't need Fabric for this feature. A Power BI Pro license is sufficient to create and share apps within your organization.

     

    3. The reason you see the alert in My Workspace but not in the newly created workspace could be because My Workspace is tied to your user account and has inherited the Fabric evaluation features when you signed up. Since the evaluation period has expired, it is warning you that any non-Power BI elements (like Fabric services) will be removed.

     

    Since you're not using Fabric, you can continue using Power BI without any impact after the evaluation expires. If you're still concerned, you can verify what non-Power BI elements might be removed by checking for any Fabric-related resources (like Data Warehouse, Dataflows, or Data Lake) in My Workspace.