Optimize Power BI Report

Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

Alex Kuntz

Head of Cloud Curriculum, DataCamp

Optimizing Power BI Reports

Optimize your Power BI reports for faster performance and smoother interactions.

Tools for Performance Optimization:

  • Performance Analyzer: Track and analyze visual and query load times.

  • DAX Studio: Debug DAX queries and identify performance bottlenecks.

  • Tabular Editor: Streamline and optimize your data model for better efficiency.

Performance Analyzer Performance Analyzer Icon

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Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

Performance Analyzer

Tracks report performance.

  1. Access: Optimize Tab > Performance Analyzer.

  2. Logs Time for:

    • Visual Refreshes
    • Slicers and Cross Visual interactions.

  3. Detailed Analysis:

    • DAX queries, visual display, and background processes.

  4. Export Results:

    • Save performance logs as JSON file.

Performance Analyzer - Tutorial

Optimizing Reports With Performance Analyzer

Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

DAX Studio

External open-source tool for DAX queries.

  • Visualize and Format DAX Queries:

    • View tables and measures data easily.
    • One-click DAX query formatting.

  • Performance Monitoring:

    • See performance details of measures.
    • Detect potential bottlenecks.

  • Object Management:

    • Shows dependencies between objects.
    • Export data and results easily.

Visualize Measure - Evaluate Visualize Measure using Evaluate

Format Dax Queries Format Dax Queries

Export Data Export Data

Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

Tabular Editor - Best Practice analyzer

  • BPA - Tool within Tabular Editor to ensure best practices in models.
  • Access: Open Tabular Editor > Tools > Best Practice Analyzer.
  • Checks for:
    • Unused columns, relationships, measures.
    • Naming conventions.
    • Optimizing data types.
  • Customize Rules:
    • Modify or create your own rules.

Access Best Practice Analyzer

Best Practice Analyzer - Report

Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

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Data Ingestion and Semantic Models with Microsoft Fabric

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