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Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

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Sirui Sun on 02 Jun 2017 00:47:49

The currently released usage metrics feature only keeps data for 90 days. Please increase the data retention period.

FYI: the documentation for the usage metrics feature can be found here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/powerbi-service-usage-metrics/

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3efe0536 9719-445d-ae99-f61a1fd8c2ed on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:06

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

At the very least, we would like to see year over year usage metrics. We are a large organization, 90 days doesn't tell us much.

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a3309361 99be-ea11-a812-000d3a8ddfb2 on 05 Jul 2020 23:29:02

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

Any update on this? 90 days is way too low for any useful analytics to be produced

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e83d8adb 528a-4d05-98e1-e13d3341e7f6 on 05 Jul 2020 23:28:38

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

What happens when we need to see year over year. Or a rolling six months? We are looking for a higher adoption rate. The only way to tell if we are achieving this, is by know usage metrics for longer than 90 days.

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bf51bb95 5f26-4754-ad79-635c0caa2849 on 05 Jul 2020 23:27:57

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

Agree. "Keep Forever" option if made available will help me do many cool stuffs with the usage metric. 90 days data don't give much insight

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320a38bb 6dae-44c0-92b8-ba7424db01b0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:24:53

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

Agree, this is needed. 18-24 months

Any idea of the latest status, as this post started a half a year ago?

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e4044509 32bf-4877-873c-e2cb21099378 on 05 Jul 2020 23:21:28

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

This would have a lot of value.

Also - some organisations have an audit requirement to maintain long term visibility of who has accessed what. eg Healthcare or Finance.

So being able to simply turn on "Keep forever" would be a useful setting to add.

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78d0bde0 bfe0-4960-9f7a-cc00eae0db10 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:33

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

This would be really awesome. We are doing some cool things with the usage reports to drive adoption but we would like to show and analyze longer periods of time.

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2475891c 15df-43a7-a2c1-70c733ee6261 on 05 Jul 2020 23:19:03

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

Agree with others, we need at least a year, more if you want to do year-on-year comparisons on adoption

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7605a742 1357-4979-b9a7-cf8608d0e0f0 on 05 Jul 2020 23:17:57

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

90 days is nothing.... I am thinking we will need a minimum of 18-24 months (need a minimum of just over a year).

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fd9ce38c 0069-445f-9cc9-0e965e7099b9 on 05 Jul 2020 23:08:45

RE: Maintain dashboard/report usage metrics data for >90 days

it is impossible to make a decent analysis for a dataset of only 90 days. Some of our reports are only used each quarter. How can we compare the usage of all quarters?