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ShankarS
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5 years ago
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Premium Capacity - Monitoring Capacity utilization by Dataset

The Premium Capacity Metrics App seem to provide Capacity Utilization for the overall capacity level but not map or break it into the workspaces OR datasets within the capacity.   How can we get th...
  • lbendlin's avatar
    lbendlin
    5 years ago

    The Premium Capacity Metrics App uses datasets like any other app.  You can connect to these datasets from your own Power BI Desktop instance, for example, if you have been given workspace access.  (Note:  For a variety of reasons you will not want to place the Premium Capacity Metrics App onto a Premium Capacity !)

     

    What I am trying to say though is that you will find that the Capacity Metrics app is rather useless if you are serious about optimizing your capacity utilization and load balancing. The audit logs are much more meaningful and provide actionable information.  At the end of the day the single most important KPI is render duration. (with Gen 2 memory pressure and evictions are becoming less of an issue)

  • v-jingzhang's avatar
    5 years ago

    ShankarS 

    When you have installed the Power BI Premium Metrics app, you could enter the app, click the ellipsis > See related content to find its dataset. Then you could click Create report icon to build your own report based on the CapacityMetrics dataset. You could also get it in Power BI Desktop through Get data > Power BI datasets.

     

    Additionally, here is an article that describes common issues and challenges with Power BI premium capacities and also how to identify and help solve them:

    Microsoft Power BI Premium capacity scenarios - Power BI | Microsoft Docs

    Community Support Team _ Jing Zhang
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