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This article is part of Fugo’s Power BI knowledge base: a collection of resources answering common Power BI questions. We include notes throughout where Fugo’s integration may be helpful for displaying dashboards on digital signage.
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Short answer
Power BI Copilot is an AI-assisted feature set inside Microsoft Fabric that helps users create report pages, generate narrative summaries, and query data using natural language. It works best when your data model is well-defined and your use case is exploratory rather than precise.
Copilot is available only on paid Fabric or Premium capacity (F64 / P1 and above) and must be enabled by a Fabric admin.
Report page generation from prompts
Copilot can generate entire report pages based on a natural language description of what you want to analyze.
Typical uses:
Creating a first draft of a report page
Exploring unfamiliar datasets
Rapid prototyping during early analysis
What to expect:
Reasonable visual selection
Basic field mapping
Limited ability to refine or “fix” what it creates
Copilot cannot reliably:
Modify complex existing visuals
Apply precise formatting rules
Replace deliberate data modeling or measure design
Learn more here 👉 Write Copilot prompts for creating report pages in Power BI
Editing existing report pages
You can ask Copilot to:
Add visuals to a page
Remove visuals
Swap visual types
Change fields used in a visual
This works best for structural changes, not visual polish. Styling, conditional formatting, and layout consistency are still largely manual tasks.
Learn more here 👉 Create and edit Power BI reports with Copilot
Narrative summaries
Copilot can generate written summaries of:
A full report
A specific page
Individual visuals
This is one of the more consistently useful features, especially for:
Executive summaries
Read-only dashboards
Contextual explanations in shared environments
Learn more here 👉 Create a narrative Visual with Copilot for Power BI
Natural language Q&A (via Copilot and Q&A visuals)
Copilot improves Power BI’s natural language querying by:
Suggesting synonyms for model fields
Helping users ask questions in plain language
Returning visuals or summaries based on those questions
Accuracy here depends heavily on:
Model design
Clear field naming
Carefully reviewed synonyms
Copilot does not understand your data automatically - it relies on metadata you provide.
Learn more here 👉 Enhance Q&A with Copilot for Power BI
Most important requirements and limitations
Copilot in Power BI requires:
Fabric capacity F64 or higher (or Power BI Premium P1+)
Tenant-level admin enablement
Paid capacity (trial SKUs are not supported)
Current limitations include:
No support for custom visuals
No reliable styling or formatting control
Limited DAX and model restructuring capability
Inconsistent results with complex logic
Where Copilot fits and where it doesn’t
Copilot works best as:
A starting point for analysis
A helper for narrative explanations
A convenience layer for non-technical users
It is not a replacement for:
DAX expertise
Data modeling discipline
Purpose-built analytics delivery (dashboards, displays, apps)
Power BI on digital signage
Copilot can help create and summarize reports, but it doesn’t handle how those reports are displayed in shared environments.
For teams using Power BI on office TVs, operations floors, or public-facing screens, Fugo’s Power BI app provides a reliable delivery layer: unattended playback, refresh control, and screen-native layouts built for digital signage rather than interactive analysis.