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Hands-On Business Intelligence with DAX

You're reading from   Hands-On Business Intelligence with DAX Discover the intricacies of this powerful query language to gain valuable insights from your data

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838824303
Length 402 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ian Horne Ian Horne
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to DAX for the BI Pro
2. What is DAX? FREE CHAPTER 3. Using DAX Variables and Formatting 4. Building Data Models 5. Working with DAX in Power BI, Excel, and SSAS 6. Getting It into Context 7. Section 2: Understanding DAX Functions and Syntax
8. Progressive DAX Syntax and Functions 9. Table Functions 10. Date, Time, and Time Intelligence Functions 11. Filter Functions 12. Statistical Functions 13. Working with DAX Patterns 14. Section 3: Taking DAX to the Next Level
15. Optimizing Your Data Model 16. Optimizing Your DAX Queries 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using Power BI Performance Analyzer

For the last section in this chapter, we are going to look at the Performance Analyzer feature in Power BI Desktop. This feature gives information on how elements of a report, such as visuals and DAX queries, are performing.

To display the Performance Analyzer pane, click on the Performance Analyzer checkbox on the Show section of the View ribbon, as shown in Figure 13-16:

Figure 13-16: Enabling the performance analyzer feature in Power BI Desktop

Once checked, the Performance Analyzer pane will be displayed to the right of the report desktop. From here, you can start recording data and see information on the processing times required to update report elements when a user interacts with a report. For example, if you alter a slicer, click on a visual, or adjust a filter, then it will send a query to the data model. Information on the action...

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