Use naming conventions
Having naming conventions for Power BI developers and data modelers is essential. It helps with solutions’ consistency and makes the code more readable and more understandable for support specialists. It also sets common ground that everyone across the organization interacting with our Power BI solutions can benefit from.
Data sources do not necessarily have the most user-friendly object names. So, following a predefined naming convention during development is essential in helping the contributors understand the data model more efficiently and create new reports more confidently. The following naming conventions are suggested:
- Use camel case for object names, including table names, column names, and parameter names.
- Replace underscores, dashes, hyphens, or dots between the words with spaces.
- Remove prefixes and suffixes from table names (such as
DimDate
becomingDate
orFactSales
becomingSales
). - Use the shortest and most...