Power BI Report Server operating model

The harvester collects Power BI Report Server metadata and sends it to the Collibra Data Lineage server. Collibra processes the metadata and creates new Power BI assets and relations in Data Catalog. You can see them on the asset page overview or visualize them in a diagram or in a technical lineage.

Note 
  • The assets have the same names as their counterparts in Power BI Report Server. You cannot edit Full names and Names in Data Catalog.
  • Assets ingested from Power BI Report Server are called Power BI assets in Data Catalog. Do not confuse these assets with assets ingested from Power BI Service.
  • Asset types are only created if you have all specific Power BI Report Server and Data Catalog permissions.
  • All Power BI assets are created in the same domain.
  • Relations that were manually created between Power BI assets and other assets via a relation type in the Power BI Report Server operating model, are deleted after synchronizing the Power BI metadata.

Power BI Report Server metadata overview

The following image shows the relations between Power BI asset types.

Harvested metadata per asset type

This table shows the harvested Power BI Report Server metadata for assets of each Power BI asset type, assuming you have the necessary subscriptions and configurations for a full ingestion.

Asset type Harvested Power BI Report Server metadata in Data Catalog
Power BI Column
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Description
  • Technical Data Type
  • Column is source for / is target of Data Attribute
  • Data Element targets / sources Data Element
  • BI Data Model contains / is part of BI Data Attribute
  • Data Entity contains / is part of Data Attribute
Power BI Data Model
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Certified
  • URL
  • Document creation date
  • Document modification date
  • Document size
  • Visible on server
  • Location
  • Technology Asset source system for / source system Data Asset
  • Data Asset is source for / source BI report
  • BI Folder contains / contained in Data Asset
  • Data Entity is part of / contains Data Model

Power BI Folder
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Description
  • URL
  • Document creation date
  • Document modification date
  • Visible on server
  • Location
  • BI Folder assembles / is assembled in BI Folder
  • Business Dimension groups / is grouped into Report
  • BI Folder contains / contained in Data Asset
  • Server hosts / is hosted in Business Dimension

Power BI KPI
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Description
  • Certified
  • URL
  • Document creation date
  • Document modification date
  • Document size
  • Visible on server
  • Location
  • Report Attribute contained in / contains Report
  • Report related to / impacted by Business Asset
  • Data Asset is source for / source BI Report
  • Business Dimension groups / is grouped into Report
Power BI Parameter
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Description
  • Report Attribute contained in / contains Report
  • Report Attribute sourced from / is source of Data Attribute
  • Business Asset represents / represented by Data Asset
Power BI Report
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Description
  • Certified
  • URL
  • Document creation date
  • Document modification date
  • Document size
  • Visible on server
  • Location
  • Business Dimension groups / is grouped into Report
  • Report related to / impacted by Business Asset
  • Report uses / is used in Report
  • Data Asset is source for / source BI Report
Power BI Server
  • Full name
  • Name
  • Server hosts / is hosted in Business Dimension

Example of ingested Power BI Report Server metadata

The following image shows an example structure after Power BI Report Server ingestion.