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cerebraino
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3 years ago
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Fat and Slow Golden Dataset Situation How Could Dataflows and Datamarts Help?

Hello, at work we use a "golden" dataset containing all tables and measures, management does not want Power Bi developers like me creating stand-alone datasets and measures because in the past that h...
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    Tutu_in_YYC
    3 years ago

    For sure! Another client is doing intense chaining with mixed storage model, i.e direct query an existing dataset (golden dataset) and add additional table using other data sources. It is more complex as they propragate.

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cerebraino
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3 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion about having different datasets for each "business area", instead of one , however my boss insists in just having one for all possible scenarios and questions, I will try to convince him to "split the sacred cow", thanks again! Juan

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GilbertQ
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3 years ago

Yeah I know it might be diffucult now, but it will save hours of time, effort and slow reports. 

 

It can always be done, it is often just getting the time to get it done!