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Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices

You're reading from   Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices Learn practical techniques for building high-speed Power BI solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835082256
Length 346 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Thomas LeBlanc Thomas LeBlanc
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Preface 1. Part 1: Architecture, Bottlenecks, and Performance Targets FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Setting Targets and Identifying Problem Areas 3. Chapter 2: Exploring Power BI Architecture and Configuration 4. Chapter 3: Learning the Tools for Performance Tuning 5. Part 2: Performance Analysis, Improvement, and Management
6. Chapter 4: Analyzing Logs and Metrics 7. Chapter 5: Optimization for Storage Modes 8. Chapter 6: Third-Party Utilities 9. Chapter 7: Performance Governance Framework 10. Part 3: Fetching, Transforming, and Visualizing Data
11. Chapter 8: Loading, Transforming, and Refreshing Data 12. Chapter 9: Report and Dashboard Design 13. Part 4: Data Models, Calculations, and Large Semantic Models
14. Chapter 10: Dimensional Modeling and Row Level Security 15. Chapter 11: Improving DAX 16. Chapter 12: High Scale Patterns 17. Part 5: Optimizing Capacities in Power BI Enterprises
18. Chapter 13: Working with Capacities 19. Chapter 14: Performance Needs for Fabric Artifacts 20. Chapter 15: Embedding in Web Apps 21. Index 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Tips for enhancements

There are various options for handling performance with new Fabric artifacts. These can range from improving the model to using different capacities. One thing to keep in mind is that Fabric is a new capacity that will continuously have new features and improvements to the existing resources. There is always a monthly update that needs to be reviewed to understand the new features. Some of these would need to be turned on or off in the Admin portal.

First, let’s look at load balancing.

Load balancing

Each function can be placed into its own capacity. That helps with resource contention and monitoring. Instead of creating one F32 capacity for all the work, you can separate it into multiple capacities. An F16 can be created for data warehousing where moving data is centralized. Dataflows and notebooks can use this capacity for processing lots of data and curating the data into a reportable structure. The semantic model can be on an F8 capacity for...

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