Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics app

Monitoring your capacities is essential to making informed decisions on how best to utilize your Premium capacity resources. The Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics app provides the most in-depth information into how your capacities are performing.

This article describes how to install the app and connect to data sources. For information about the contents of the report and how to use it, see Use the Premium metrics app, and the Premium Capacity Metrics app blog post.

After you've installed the app and connected to the data sources, you can customize the report according to your needs. You can then distribute it to colleagues in your organization.

Note

Installing template apps requires permissions. Contact your Power BI admin if you find you don't have sufficient permissions.

Install the app

1. Go to the Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics app on the AppSource page: Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics template app

2. Select Get It Now.

   

3. Select Install.

   

   Note

   If you've installed the app previously, you'll be asked whether you want to overwrite that installation or install to another workspace.

   After the app has installed, it appears on your Apps page.

   

Connect to data sources

1. Select Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics on your Apps page.

2. The app opens, showing sample data. Select the Connect your data link on the banner at the top of the page.

   

3. In the dialog box that appears, set the UTC offset, that is, the difference in hours between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time in your location. Select Next.

   Note: The format for half hours should be decimal (for example, 5.5, 2.5, etc.).

4. In the next dialog that appears, you don't have to do anything. Just select Sign in and connect.

   

5. At the Microsoft Pick an account dialog, select an account to sign in to Power BI.

   

   After you're signed in, the report connects to the data sources and is populated with up-to-date data. During this time, the activity monitor turns.

   

   Your report data will automatically refresh once a day, unless you disabled this setting during the sign-in process. You can also set up your own refresh schedule to keep the report data up to date if you so desire.

Customize and share

To start customizing the app, click the pencil icon in the upper right corner.

For more information, see Customize and share the app.

Next steps

• Use the Premium metrics app
• Premium Capacity Metrics app blog post
• What are Power BI template apps?
• Install, share and update template apps in your organization
• Questions? Ask the Power BI Community