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kewaynes
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Power BI Long vs Wide Dataset

‎03-27-2024 05:47 AM

Hi,

 

I have read in a lot of places that Power BI works more efficiently with long format as opposed to wide format. And on different message boards, it seems like long gets more votes than wide. However, I found this article from Chris Webb a few years back that makes the case for using wide format.

 

Chris Webb's BI Blog: The Pros And Cons Of Modelling Measures As A Dimension In Power BI (crossjoin....

 

Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter? 

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‎03-27-2024 05:59 AM

Hello @kewaynes ,

 

The engine behind power bi compress the data by column that's why it's better to be tall rather than wide.

check this https://youtu.be/SHoG0sUBG50?si=M-Yr4ro29LkYuUju

 



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Idrissshatila
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‎03-27-2024 05:59 AM

Hello @kewaynes ,

 

The engine behind power bi compress the data by column that's why it's better to be tall rather than wide.

check this https://youtu.be/SHoG0sUBG50?si=M-Yr4ro29LkYuUju

 



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