What you're responsible for
- Ensuring semantic model refreshes complete on time across all workspaces
- Monitoring gateway health and flagging unauthorized personal connections
- Managing capacity utilization and preventing throttling during peak hours
- Responding to refresh failures before they impact downstream reporting
- Maintaining workspace organization and enforcing naming conventions
- Providing usage data to justify Power BI investments and license decisions
Common issues we see
- Refresh failures discovered when executives report stale data — not from proactive monitoring
- No alerting when a scheduled refresh silently stops running due to expired credentials or disabled schedules
- Hours spent diagnosing which table caused a slow refresh, with no per-table timing available
- Power BI’s 30-day activity log makes seasonal trend analysis and ROI reporting impossible
- Personal gateways proliferating across the organization without IT visibility
- Capacity throttling during business hours with no advance warning or historical baselines
- No centralized view across Pro, PPU, and Fabric workspaces in a single dashboard
- Manual effort to track which datasets are business-critical vs. abandoned prototypes
What changes with SummitView
- Get alerted to failures and missing refreshes before users notice — via Teams, Slack, or email
- Isolate refresh bottlenecks in seconds with per-table timing and historical performance comparison
- Retain usage history indefinitely for real trend analysis, not just the last 30 days
- Monitor all gateways from one dashboard and flag personal connections automatically
- Track capacity metrics with throttling detection and proactive alerting
- One dashboard covering Pro, PPU, and Fabric workspaces with accurate license detection
- Get AI-powered recommendations on optimization opportunities using your own API key
Key capabilities for Power BI admins
Built for teams managing Power BI at scale.
Refresh monitoring
Track every refresh across your tenant. Get alerted on failures, slow refreshes, and missing refreshes with per-table timing for PPU and Fabric.
Usage analytics
Retain usage history indefinitely — not just 30 days. See who uses which reports, and identify abandoned assets.
Gateway monitoring
Monitor all on-premises gateways. Flag personal connections, track gateway health, and detect connectivity issues.
Capacity insights
Track CPU, memory, and throttling across Fabric capacities. Get alerted before performance degrades.
Real-time alerting
Route alerts to Email, Teams, Slack, or custom webhooks. Smart cooldowns prevent alert fatigue.
Complete inventory
One view of every workspace, dataset, and report across Pro, PPU, and Fabric. Filter by license type, status, or owner.
How teams deploy SummitView
Two deployment options — both read-only with least-privilege permissions.
Cloud Connect (agentless)
Register a service principal with read-only Power BI Admin API permissions. No software to install. Data flows within minutes. Recommended starting point for most teams.
Windows Agent (optional enhancement)
Lightweight Windows service for deeper monitoring. Adds per-table refresh timing (PPU/Fabric), reliable Pro workspace refresh status, and row count anomaly detection. Uses delegated permissions — runs as the signed-in user.
All permissions are read-only. SummitView cannot modify anything in your Power BI environment. Full security details
Frequently asked questions
No. Cloud Connect uses a service principal to collect data with zero installation. The optional Windows agent adds per-table refresh timing and reliable Pro workspace refresh status.
SummitView uses read-only Power BI Admin APIs. Core monitoring requires Workspace.Read.All, Dataset.Read.All, and Report.Read.All. Usage analytics requires Tenant.Read.All (admin consent). Capacity metrics require Capacity.Read.All. All permissions are delegated and read-only.
No. SummitView collects metadata only — refresh status, timing, row counts, usage events, and workspace information. It never accesses the data inside your semantic models, reports, or dashboards.
Yes. SummitView supports Email, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and custom webhook notifications. You can configure alert rules with smart cooldown periods to prevent notification fatigue.
Yes. SummitView monitors Pro, Premium Per User (PPU), Premium capacity, and Microsoft Fabric workspaces. Per-table refresh timing requires PPU or Fabric. All other features work across all license types.
SummitView automatically discovers and monitors all workspaces in your tenant. There is no per-workspace configuration needed. Unlimited workspaces are included in every plan.
You get full access to all features for 14 days. No credit card required. Data collection starts immediately after setup, and you can cancel at any time.