Power BI's generative AI helper: ask in plain language and it can write DAX, build report pages or summarise a report. Trials aren't enough; you need paid capacity, meaning Fabric F2 or above, or Power BI Premium P1 or above.
Also called Copilot for Power BI.
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Terms in this definition
- Power BI
Microsoft's analytics and reporting service. It reaches data held on-premises through the on-premises data gateway.
- Generative AI
AI that produces new content such as code, text, audio or images in response to a prompt. Predicting a class or a numeric value is predictive machine learning rather than generative AI.
- DAX
Short for Data Analysis Expressions, the formula language you write measures, calculated columns and row-level security rules in, within tabular semantic models in Power BI, Excel Power Pivot or Analysis Services.
- Capacity
A reserved block of compute for a tenant whose size is fixed by its SKU; Fabric F SKUs express it in capacity units (CUs). Workspaces assigned to it unlock features like Copilot, and from F64 upwards people with free licences can view Power BI content.
- P1
Fabric F64 is the equivalent of this Power BI Premium capacity size.
Related terms
- Q&A visual
Lets report users type a question in ordinary English and see the answer drawn as a chart. Microsoft Learn says Q&A experiences go away in February 2027, being deprecated in favour of Copilot for Power BI.