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usage metrics for copy reports
Hello everyone,
In Power BI, I can copy a report and place it in another workspace, then distribute it to users via an app. However, I’ve noticed that I don’t get any usage metrics for this report - neither for the original report nor for the copy.
Is this expected behavior, and is there a solution for it?
The copy is requested by users so they don’t have to search for reports.
Thank you very much.
Hii Pikachu-Power
When you copy a report to another workspace, it becomes a new artifact, so it does not carry over any usage metrics, and metrics are tracked separately per report within its workspace/app context. There’s no built-in way to merge or share usage data between the original and the copy; each will only show metrics after users access that specific version (and only if you have the right permissions and the feature is enabled).
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Hii Pikachu-Power
When you copy a report to another workspace, it becomes a new artifact, so it does not carry over any usage metrics, and metrics are tracked separately per report within its workspace/app context. There’s no built-in way to merge or share usage data between the original and the copy; each will only show metrics after users access that specific version (and only if you have the right permissions and the feature is enabled).
So also no metrics in the copy report? And no workarounds to get the metrics? i read for example that microsoft purview also contains audit logins?
Hi Pikachu-Power,
You can get all the audit data from the API: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/power-bi/admin/get-activity-events
I recommend setting up a notebook that will collect this information nightly, as the API only stores it for 30 days.
