--- title: Help! Copilot is eating my Fabric capacity. | daily.dev description: Copilot can consume significant Microsoft Fabric capacity units (CU). The Fabric Metrics dashboard helps identify high-consumption items. To reduce usage,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/help-copilot-is-eating-my-fabric-capacity--nkpk64gpl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Help! Copilot is eating my Fabric capacity. | daily.dev og:description: Copilot can consume significant Microsoft Fabric capacity units (CU). The Fabric Metrics dashboard helps identify high-consumption items. To reduce usage,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/help-copilot-is-eating-my-fabric-capacity--nkpk64gpl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nKPk64Gpl.png og:image:alt: Help! Copilot is eating my Fabric capacity. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Help! Copilot is eating my Fabric capacity. **[The Art of Simplicity](https://daily.dev/sources/bartwullems)** · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Copilot can consume significant Microsoft Fabric capacity units (CU). The Fabric Metrics dashboard helps identify high-consumption items. To reduce usage, disable Copilot completions at the data warehouse level through query settings, or disable it entirely at the tenant level. Understanding CU consumption is similar to tracking electricity usage in kilowatt-hours. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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