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Optimize Model Performance with Power BI

Creating a Power BI report may look like an easy task, but there is a huge difference between the Power BI report that just works and the Power BI report that works efficiently!

Nikola Ilic - Pluralsight course - Optimize Model Performance with Power BI
by Nikola Ilic

What you'll learn

Congratulations! You've built your beautiful Power BI report and your charts look terrific, but your data refresh takes forever or, your report renders slow when interacting with visuals.

In this course, Optimize Model Performance with Power BI, you’ll gain the ability to improve the efficiency of your Power BI reporting solution. First, you’ll explore how to reduce the data model size by removing unnecessary columns and rows. Next, you’ll discover the importance of the column cardinality and how it can affect data model performance. Then, you’ll also understand the benefits of using aggregations feature to make things running faster. Finally, you’ll learn how to identify and resolve poorly performing report elements, such as measures and visuals. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the foundational understanding of data model optimization techniques that will enable you to build more efficient Power BI solutions and get you ready for the PL-300 exam.

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About the author

Nikola Ilic - Pluralsight course - Optimize Model Performance with Power BI
Nikola Ilic

Nikola has multi-year experience working with various flavors of data, predominantly with Microsoft BI stack. Started with SQL Server, then brushed himself with SSAS Multidimensional, SSIS, SSRS, Power BI, Azure, etc. Nikola is really curious by nature and always trying to learn something new.

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