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    Measuring Power BI dataflow

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    Alen J. G. on 21 Jan 2020 02:21:52

    Power BI dataflows provide a great medium to syndicate sets of data to business units to run analytics. It enables faster access to reporting data.

    While there are highlevel utilization metrics on PBI reports, there is no way to measure dataflow utilization and uptake. It is critical to PowerBI success to understand the number of reports currently connected to any given dataflow and quantity of refreshes. Without a method to measure adoption and utilization of each dataflow, growth and ROI become guessing games.

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    Nana Prentø on 30 May 2024 14:48:01

    RE: Measuring Power BI dataflow

    We need this functionality to monitor the use of protected data. Which reports are using a given dataflow, and is the report only shared in the intended groups?

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    Martin K on 21 Apr 2021 15:33:11

    RE: Measuring Power BI dataflow

    That is something I am also looking into. Hopefully Azure Purview will be the answer to the lineage and downstream users (datasets, linked dataflows).