Monitor a paused capacity

To monitor paused capacities, use the latest version of the Microsoft Fabric Capacity Metrics app.

View the paused capacity events

The system events table lists all the paused capacity events. Use this table to see when your capacity was paused and when it was reactivated. In the State column, a paused capacity is listed as Suspended, and a resumed capacity is listed as Active. Use the Time column to calculate the amount of time your capacity was active or paused.

Why is my capacity spiking?

To allow your capacity to perform at the highest level, its usage is smoothed over time. When you pause your capacity, the remaining cumulative overages and smoothed operations are executed. As a result, a spike appears in the Utilization visual.

The spike provides an indication that your capacity was paused. You can hover over the spike to view and see the state of the capacity in the tooltip.

View carry forward operations

You can find out what's the percentage of carry forward operations that your capacity had when it was paused.

1. Locate the paused capacity timepoint by reviewing the spike in the utilization visual.

2. Right-click the paused capacity's timepoint, and drill through to the Timepoint Detail page.

3. Hover over the SKU card. A tooltip displays the remaining cumulative carry forward percent.

Considerations and limitations

• After you pause a capacity, the timepoint of the paused capacity in the timepoint page, is displayed 30 seconds after the capacity was paused. This timepoint includes all of your capacity’s reconciled consumption.

• When pausing a capacity, the timepoint prior to the timepoint the capacity was paused at, is cancelled and doesn't appear in the compute page. For example, if you paused your capacity at 13:00:00, the 12:29:30 timepoint will not exist.

Related content

• Scale your capacity

• Understand the metrics app compute page

• Understand the metrics app timepoint page