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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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3957c270 af37-4fb3-b63d-5d757569925c on 05 Jul 2020 22:38:13

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Hi there,

Have you considered a third party analytics solution for your SharePoint portal? A solution like CardioLog Analytics drills down deep to provide much deeper insights than those available in SharePoint or Google analytics.It’s available as an On-Prem or SaaS deployment. The solution is specifically built for SharePoint, so it’s tailored to provide analytics specifically on SharePoint’s architecture. If you’re looking for more information regarding your portal visitors, navigation paths, search behaviors, and content performance check out http://www.intlock.com

Hope this helps!

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b63102fc edd4-41e8-beae-94bad2936baa on 05 Jul 2020 22:36:01

RE: Power BI usage statistics

This is essential for using / spreading dashboards throughout our company.

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ac643e7c e800-ea11-a811-000d3a4f1ebb on 05 Jul 2020 22:33:39

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Make sure and check out: https://blogs.office.com/2016/10/10/announcing-the-preview-of-the-office-365-adoption-content-pack-in-power-bi/

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28678c17 6cea-4a2b-9f8b-473019b7f0c7 on 05 Jul 2020 22:32:36

RE: Power BI usage statistics

In addition to views of the dashboard I'd like to get an idea of the individual pages and report elements that visitors look at and interact with.

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5c8f4e79 caa7-454e-abe9-21965abc6986 on 05 Jul 2020 22:29:33

RE: Power BI usage statistics

I agree with some of the prior comments that the dashboard owner should be able to see the usage statistics.

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8ff0390a b9ac-4f8e-8662-76d9232eabd4 on 05 Jul 2020 22:26:22

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Are there plans for a PowerBI Admin versus having to have global O365 admin rights?

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7f2d098e a4ea-423b-a2cc-e02356cf58ac on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:57

RE: Power BI usage statistics

This feature is absolutely a "Must-Have".
We need to track usage in order to evangelize the report to management, and gather additional support for feature enhancements that our users are asking for. Management wants to know the usage patterns in order to justify increasing features and scope of our reports.

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23b2fcc3 f2fe-414c-888f-3c4de79e1dbf on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:45

RE: Power BI usage statistics

This is definitely a must have for me

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d2f90470 af44-4928-9bb8-5d75e1dddf43 on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:16

RE: Power BI usage statistics

This looks like a step in the right direction. Two additional capabilities would be essential for this to be useful to my organization (and from what I have read, others' too). 1- Have ability to use Admin Portal be usable by not just Office365 admins. 2- Metrics for report user consumption stats. Thanks

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f41b30ea c00d-e711-8107-5065f38a3bb1 on 05 Jul 2020 22:25:13

RE: Power BI usage statistics

Stats for the dashboards to the dashboard creators!