Colin Jemmott on 08 Aug 2017 01:02:26
I currently have no way of monitoring my Power BI Premium server. As we add more and more users to our single EM1 PBI Premium server, I am sure at some point we will run into performance issues. However currently there is no way to see the load on the server.
Here are two things that would help:
1. Server level usage metrics reports. Currently I can only view this by workspace, and I have 50+ workspaces, so there is no way to know the overall views or active users.
2. Server level performance reports. There are lots of metrics I could ask for (memory, I/O, storage, load times, etc.) but my basic question is "how do I know when I need to upgrade?"
Administrator on 12 Sep 2018 05:38:28
First version of this feature has been released: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-monitoring-capabilities-for-power-bi-premium-capacities/. More to come.
- Comments (14)
RE: Power BI Premium Performance Monitoring
Agreed, the current KPI (green/yellow/red) report doesn't even come close to filling this need. We need to be able to see actual Capacity utilization details (CPU, Memory, Queries), over time, by Workspace at the very least.
RE: Power BI Premium Performance Monitoring
I am in a similar situation. I have publishers, and cannot see many of the statistics to answer user questions about performance (spinning icon, refresh failures with only a suggestion to add more capacity)...
I'm paying almost 100k a year to have 450 POTENTIAL publishers, and 1500 potential viewers, and I have no way other than audit logs to see who is viewing what, and how often. This really needs a better path to administration... Right now I'm totally guessing on ROI with what I'm giving vs what I'm getting
RE: Power BI Premium Performance Monitoring
Yes, more would be better.
Plus some customers would love the ability to setup 'alerts's.
RE: Power BI Premium Performance Monitoring
It appears very limited usage metrics were added in the August release. There are three metrics: CPU, Memory thrashing and Direct Query. I would love to see more, but this is a great start.