PowerBI Data Modelling Performance Improvement Strategies Used by Professionals
Last Updated on July 17, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Analytic girl
Originally published on Towards AI.
Tips to improve PowerBI performance (Part 2)

Creating a powerBI report is simple; however, making sure the performance of the report is up to the mark is trickier. The PowerBI report creation process can be divided into four main parts:
Data AcquisitionData ModelingModel AdvancementReport Creation
I am writing a series of articles that covers these section in detail and discuss performance improvement strategies for these report generation phases. This article is a continuation of my previous article PowerBI Performance Improvement Strategies Used by Professionals, where I explained performance improvement strategies related to data acquisition. In this part, we will discuss Data Model. I recommend reading the first article. This… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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