Does executing a Data Profile in Microsoft Purview consume Data Governance Processing Units (DGPUs)?

Anitha Ganesan 0 Reputation points
2026-07-02T11:51:52.64+00:00

Hi,

I'm looking for clarification on how Data Profiling is billed in Microsoft Purview Data Governance.

From the documentation, I understand that:

  • Data Quality usage is billed using Data Governance Processing Units (DGPUs).
  • The Enterprise Data Management meter starts when running Data Quality and Health Management actions.

Documentation:

However, I couldn't find an explicit statement answering the following:

Does each execution of a Data Profile consume DGPUs?

Or is DGPU consumption only associated with Data Quality rule execution?

If Data Profile execution does consume DGPUs:

  • Is there a fixed DGPU charge per profile execution?
  • Or does the DGPU consumption vary depending on the volume of data and processing performed?

Could someone from Microsoft please clarify this or point me to the relevant documentation?

 

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