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James Snowball on 01 Jun 2015 23:54:08

Provide analysis of how our Power BI dashboards/reports are being used:

Hit count, Q&A queries ran, filters applied, common actions etc.

This would allow us to track the importance and use of our reporting and see how different users interact with the data.

Administrator on 02 Jun 2017 01:06:36

Hello everyone! I'm an excited to announce Power BI usage metrics for content creators! This release allows you to see the metrics for the dashboards and reports that you've created, without the need for O365/Power BI admin privileges. To learn more: > Announcement: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/measure-and-magnify-your-impact-with-usage-metrics-for-dashboard-and-report-authors > Documentation: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-usage-metrics/ With this release, we are resolving this item as done. However, we are planning on iterating on the v1 functionality in the months to come. We’ve created the following UserVoice items for these improvements. Please cast your vote below to help us prioritize our investments going forward: > Usage metrics show the exact e-mail address/names of users who access dashboards/reports https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19469269-show-email-address-or-user-name-in-usage-metrics-f > Dataset usage metrics https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19469302-dataset-usage-metrics-for-content-creators > Usage metrics for Power BI apps https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19469335-usage-metrics-for-power-bi-apps > Usage metrics contains data for >90 days https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19469353-maintain-dashboard-report-usage-metrics-data-for > Improve usage metrics performance https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/19469380-improve-dashboard-report-usage-metrics-report-perf > Usage metrics programmatic access https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/14817480-usage-statistics-via-rest

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290dfd97 2467-4fb8-bb50-92c761a445bd on 05 Jul 2020 22:15:32

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Do we have any update in this topic?

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964e0624 34eb-4782-95a2-371accb88606 on 05 Jul 2020 22:13:13

RE: Power BI usage statistics

When you say Admins, do you mean content publishers? Or site Administrators? This is a needed functionality for the report owners to see how their reports are being used.

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8d6ba944 a4ca-4211-aaad-fbe4c9aaa350 on 05 Jul 2020 22:13:13

RE: Power BI usage statistics

See https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi/suggestions/8191491-power-bi-usage-statistics

MS is working on it

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27cd5f44 2ccb-4352-a7bf-dc8596bfcc3d on 05 Jul 2020 22:13:08

RE: Power BI usage statistics

we want to learn if all users subscribed for PowerBI Pro do actually need the subscription assigned

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87c06a92 6a24-4c46-b06e-94f2e4407a04 on 05 Jul 2020 22:11:02

RE: Power BI usage statistics

I can see who can view my dashboards but I want to know how often each user is actually utilizing a given dashboard

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d3fb397d 3f7a-446c-bd20-aaf7e67363a4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:10:08

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Insight into how users are using the published dashboard and reports will be very helpful for us to prioritize our next steps

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ca60aa76 a66a-4461-88f6-e12b06423742 on 05 Jul 2020 22:09:54

RE: Power BI usage statistics

We need an interface that can show/track?
1) User history. How many times a user logged in? Last log in?
2) Usage tracking
3) Data accessed.

For clinical usage, there needs to be a way to provide reports on whom is accessing the data, which data and how often.

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2cfd9790 400d-45b9-b440-e89864ac1cbb on 05 Jul 2020 22:09:27

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Please allow the admin users to see if and when users open the reports

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bb905e15 fa9a-4d0f-acb2-a8be7d9a3409 on 05 Jul 2020 22:08:08

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Yes totally, I agree you need to know about your frequent flyers. Both in the report space and the user space.

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658df3d4 9a71-4f31-b28f-4bbfe8a0f774 on 05 Jul 2020 22:06:22

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Definitely need this capability. We are rolling out Power BI dashboards to our sales team and we need to be able to track who is using them...and who needs coaching!