Power BI logs and engine traces

The report usage and performance metrics we covered in the previous section are primarily designed for workspace administrators. For service/tenant administrators, Power BI has raw logs that are available, though today, they do not contain report performance metrics. However, since Microsoft has stated its intention to improve logging capabilities, it is worth briefly covering these sources as they are likely to become relevant for performance tuning in the future.

Activity logs and unified audit logs

There are two sources of administrative logs from Power BI that cover activities across the entire tenant. Figure 4.17 describes the major similarities and differences:

Figure 4.17 – Comparison of activity and audit logs

Please see the Further reading section for more information.

You’ll need to create reports to analyze activity logs, so we suggest setting up a process like the one described earlier...