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sayed_
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4 years ago
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Pro User upgrading for premium to use dataflow, does viewers need to upgrade too?

I use a ton of data in my central dataset, a pbix file that links multiple folders that are updated on weekly/monthly basis, plus some static files & manual tables. Due to the the helper queries I re...
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  • v-luwang-msft's avatar
    v-luwang-msft
    4 years ago

    HI sayed_ ,

    You do not need to upgrade other users to premium users.If I need to access content in the Advanced Capacity space, I only need a Power BI Free license, while I need to access reports shared by Power BI Pro users, I need a Power BI Pro license, plus if I need to access content in the PPU space, I need a PPU license as well.

    Power BI premium per user  is not the same as Power BI Premium.According to the description in the official article，

    Users must have a Premium Per User (PPU) license to access content in a Premium Per User (PPU) workspace or app,but people for free could access  content in Power BI premium workspace.

     

    And If you want to know about how to assign the exist workspace to Premium capacity, please refer to Managing Premium capacities article:

    Workspaces can be assigned to a Premium capacity in the Power BI Admin portal or, for a workspace, in the Workspace pane.

    A workspace can be added to a Premium capacity by using the Workspace pane providing the user is both a workspace admin and has assignment permissions.

     

    And the following features are available only with Power BI Premium (PPU or a Premium capacity subscription):

    • Enhanced compute engine
    • Direct Query
    • Computed entities
    • Linked Entities
    • Incremental refresh

    to learn more details ,refer:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/dataflows/dataflows-premium-features 

     

     

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    Best Regards

    Lucien

     

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MikeJohnsonZA
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4 years ago

Hi

The licencing on Premium Per User (PPU) is different to Pro. you will need to upgrade the workspace that hosts the dataflow to a PPU workspace, this will give you the memory you need. However, any report that is revived from a dataset, data flow or a combination of those things will require the user accessing the report to also have a PPU licence. 

It might be beneficial to split your single model into smaller models and get licences for only users who need access to the larger model a PPU licence or work on optimising your power query so that is can load using a regular Pro workspace.