Forum Discussion
Power BI
What are the best practices for reducing the size of a PBIX file ?
- Anonymous2 years ago
Hi SivaKishor289 ,
@Thanks for the reply from Idrissshatila , please allow me to provide another insight:
You can try the following:
- Reduce file size, you need to remove unneeded data, for example, please find and remove columns that contain a lot of text, Notes field is a big performance killer, will increase the pbix file size, then load fewer rows or remove unneeded columns
- Filter the query by date and other fields, there is no point in storing historical data for the last 5 years if only the last 3 months are visualized in the pbix.
- Disable the Auto Date/Time option for data loading (this will remove a bunch of automatically created date tables in the background).
- Disable Power Query query load.
Refer to:
Data reduction techniques for Import modeling - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
You can use tools such as DAX Studio to see what is taking up space in your model:
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/capturing-power-bi-queries-using-dax-studio/
This is the related document, you can view this content:
https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-performance-tips-and-techniques
How to Reduce the Size of Power BI file in a few Steps - RADACAD
https://www.xavor.com/blog/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-power-bi-pbix-file/
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
2 Replies
- IdrissshatilaSuper User
Hello SivaKishor289 ,
check this article, it summarizes all of the best practices https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-bi-optimization-framework-ahmad-chamy-nensf%3FtrackingId=ucnXKznOQGeu5dmfN47G1Q%253D%253D/?trackingId=ucnXKznOQGeu5dmfN47G1Q%3D%3D
- AnonymousNot applicable
Hi SivaKishor289 ,
@Thanks for the reply from Idrissshatila , please allow me to provide another insight:
You can try the following:
- Reduce file size, you need to remove unneeded data, for example, please find and remove columns that contain a lot of text, Notes field is a big performance killer, will increase the pbix file size, then load fewer rows or remove unneeded columns
- Filter the query by date and other fields, there is no point in storing historical data for the last 5 years if only the last 3 months are visualized in the pbix.
- Disable the Auto Date/Time option for data loading (this will remove a bunch of automatically created date tables in the background).
- Disable Power Query query load.
Refer to:
Data reduction techniques for Import modeling - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
You can use tools such as DAX Studio to see what is taking up space in your model:
https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/capturing-power-bi-queries-using-dax-studio/
This is the related document, you can view this content:
https://pragmaticworks.com/blog/power-bi-performance-tips-and-techniques
How to Reduce the Size of Power BI file in a few Steps - RADACAD
https://www.xavor.com/blog/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-power-bi-pbix-file/
Best Regards,
Liu Yang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.