Power bi instance not connecting to workspace

[msaul]

Trying to get a power bi instance to work with my power bi workspace. I have created both but cannot seem to see any activity on the instance. 

We ran the scripts from here: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerBI-Tools-For-Capacities/tree/master/RealisticLoadTestTool and no activity showd up on the instance.

[V-lianl-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @msaul ,

In Power BI Service, it is easy to distingush whether your workspace is in shared or dedicated capacity. Worksapce in dedicated capacity will show diamond icon next workspace name.

Workspace in Shared capacity:

Workspace in Dedicated capacity:

You can find Premium in workspace setting  and add or remove this workspace to Premium.

Best Regards,
Liang
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[V-lianl-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @msaul ,

In Power BI Service, it is easy to distingush whether your workspace is in shared or dedicated capacity. Worksapce in dedicated capacity will show diamond icon next workspace name.

Workspace in Shared capacity:

Workspace in Dedicated capacity:

You can find Premium in workspace setting  and add or remove this workspace to Premium.

Best Regards,
Liang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

[msaul · Accepted solution]

Actually I was seeing that but when I checked the Azure instance there was no activity showing up in the instance metrics, even when the capacity was selected. And when paused the instance the reports were still working. However when I connected to an external SQL DB for the Data set, we were able to see the activity and when the instance was paused, the reports were not able to load. So its seems that power bi has some not documented way of switching to production mode and requiring the azure capacity.

[msaul]

Just to clarify what I have done and where I am getting stuck. 

1. Followed all the steps to create a Powerbi instance in Azure and was able to successfully get access token using a service principal with the sample embed for customers app. 

2. Am able to view the embedded report in the browser, however it works even if the Azure instance is paused, and even when its not paused, when I look at the Metrics of the instance in Azure always see zero. 
3. Cannot figure out how to tell if we are using the PowerBi service or the A1 Powerbi instance I created in Azure. 

I don't see a PBIReport.JSON file in the sample app. 

[lbendlin]

This tool has not much to do with Azure.  It's monkeying around with a bunch of browser instances on your PC that are hammering the service with fake user input.  You need to get your local setup sorted first.

[msaul]

Understood. But even without the tool we cannot see any metrics on the Azure instance after I used the sample app to embed and and able to view the report.

[lbendlin]

did you modify PBIReport.JSON as needed?