Capacity Monitoring
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The Capacity & Cost Monitoring module lets you monitor your Microsoft Fabric and Power BI Premium capacities directly from Soterre PBI Analyzer. When you open this module, you see a dashboard with your active capacities, optimization alerts, and quick-access cards for each capacity.
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”Before using Capacity Monitoring:
- Connect to Power BI Service — you need at least one tenant configured with valid credentials. See Add a New Tenant.
- Install Fabric Capacity Metrics app — required for CU consumption data and real-time metrics. See Step 6: Install Fabric Capacity Metrics App.
- Provide Metrics Workspace ID and Dataset ID — enter these when adding your tenant. Without them, CU metrics and some alerts will be unavailable.
- Add the service principal to the Metrics workspace — at least Member role (Viewer is not enough for DAX queries).
Required Licenses
Section titled “Required Licenses”| Feature | Minimum License |
|---|---|
| Basic capacity info | Power BI Pro |
| CU metrics and alerts | Fabric Capacity (F SKU) or Power BI Premium (P SKU) |
The Capacities Dashboard
Section titled “The Capacities Dashboard”When you open the Capacity Monitoring page, you see:
Tenant Selector
Section titled “Tenant Selector”A dropdown in the top-right corner lets you choose which tenant to view. If you only have one tenant configured, it is selected automatically.
Summary Cards
Section titled “Summary Cards”Two cards at the top of the page:
| Card | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Active Capacities | Count of capacities in Active state, with a sub-label showing how many are inactive |
| Optimization Alerts | Total number of optimization suggestions across all capacities. Turns orange if there are any. Sub-label shows counts of critical and high-priority alerts |
Capacity Cards
Section titled “Capacity Cards”Below the summary, each capacity appears as a clickable card showing:
- Name and a colored state badge (green = Active, orange = Inactive/Suspended, red = Deleting/Deleted)
- SKU (e.g., F64, P1) and Region
- Memory Limit in GB with a badge showing the SKU tier (Fabric, Premium, Embedded, Azure, or Trial)
Click any card to open its detail page.
Optimization Suggestions
Section titled “Optimization Suggestions”If any suggestions exist across your capacities, they appear below the cards. Each suggestion includes:
- Severity icon — Critical (red), High (orange), Medium (yellow), Low (blue)
- Title and description of the issue
- Recommendation — what to do about it
- Affected items — up to 3 dataset/workspace names shown as chips
The four types of optimization suggestions:
| Suggestion | Severity | Trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Excessive refresh frequency | Medium | Any dataset refreshes more than 8 times per day |
| Recent refresh failures | High | Any dataset had a failed refresh in the past 7 days |
| Memory approaching limit | Medium | Memory usage ≥ 80% |
| Memory critically high | Critical | Memory usage ≥ 95% |
If everything is healthy, you’ll see a green checkmark with “Your capacities are running efficiently.”