Join us at FabCon Atlanta from March 16 - 20, 2026, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.
Register now!The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! It's time to submit your entry. Live now!
Hello Everyone,
I am using Power BI with SQL Server 2016.
I want to Trace Queries that is excuted by Power BI in Direct Query.
I can trace query in SSMS. But is there a way to do same in Power BI ?
How can I tune my Queries in Power BI ?
Thanks.
Hi,
What your “Trace” mean?
If you want to trace log created by powerbi, you can see smoupre’s answer above.
If you want to debug/check execution plan of a query etc. in powerbi just as what you can do in ssms, I have to say it is not supported currently. You can provide a feature request in https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi.
Best Regards
Alex
Not sure if this will get you what you need but the only tracing option that I know of in Power BI would be to use File | Options and settings | Options | Diagnostics and turn on tracing. Not really the intended purpose of the tool, but maybe worth a shot to see what it generates.
The Power BI Data Visualization World Championships is back! It's time to submit your entry.
Check out the January 2026 Power BI update to learn about new features.
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 60 | |
| 47 | |
| 29 | |
| 25 | |
| 23 |
| User | Count |
|---|---|
| 126 | |
| 108 | |
| 55 | |
| 39 | |
| 33 |