Forum Discussion
Seeking Advice: Optimizing Power BI Report Performance
- 2 years ago
1. Use star Schema
2. Use only numeric keys to join
3. Do not use bi-directional joins
4. Prefer measures whenever possible.
5. For complex calculation check if part of that can be moved as calculated columns
6. Try not to use related in measure unless it is most needed
7. Prefer Window, Offset, Index, Rank and Rownumber, wherever possible
8. Use Import mode
9. Create a dataset file and publish without visuals and then use that as source for visual file
others
Best Practices
https://maqsoftware.com/expertise/powerbi/power-bi-best-practices
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/power-bi-optimization
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/power-bi-best-practices-part-1/
https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/business-intelligence-and-visualization/power-bi-best-practices
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Microsoft-Power-BI-The-Do-s-and-Don-ts-of-Power-BI-Relationships/td-p/712566
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Microsoft-Power-BI-My-Power-BI-report-is-slow-What-should-I-do/td-p/712567
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Aggregation-and-composite-model-Microsoft-Power-BI-fast-and/td-p/712871
direct query performance
https://insightsquest.com/2020/05/25/simple-directquery-performance-tips/
https://locusit.com/performance-management/power-bi-directquery-performance-improvements/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Aggregation-and-composite-model-Microsoft-Power-BI-fast-and/m-p/712871
1. Use star Schema
2. Use only numeric keys to join
3. Do not use bi-directional joins
4. Prefer measures whenever possible.
5. For complex calculation check if part of that can be moved as calculated columns
6. Try not to use related in measure unless it is most needed
7. Prefer Window, Offset, Index, Rank and Rownumber, wherever possible
8. Use Import mode
9. Create a dataset file and publish without visuals and then use that as source for visual file
others
Best Practices
https://maqsoftware.com/expertise/powerbi/power-bi-best-practices
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/power-bi-optimization
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/power-bi-best-practices-part-1/
https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/business-intelligence-and-visualization/power-bi-best-practices
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Microsoft-Power-BI-The-Do-s-and-Don-ts-of-Power-BI-Relationships/td-p/712566
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Microsoft-Power-BI-My-Power-BI-report-is-slow-What-should-I-do/td-p/712567
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Aggregation-and-composite-model-Microsoft-Power-BI-fast-and/td-p/712871
direct query performance
https://insightsquest.com/2020/05/25/simple-directquery-performance-tips/
https://locusit.com/performance-management/power-bi-directquery-performance-improvements/
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/MBAS-Gallery/Aggregation-and-composite-model-Microsoft-Power-BI-fast-and/m-p/712871