Troubleshooting Power BI Reports
summary
Shows concrete fixes: using the Performance Analyzer Pane and optimize ribbon to find slow visuals, replacing dozens of shapes with a single background and consolidating 17 cards into one table cuts render time from ~55–60s to ~4–5s; disabling auto date/time drops a model from ~8.5 GB to ~600 MB; converting a flat 31 GB CSV into a star schema shrinks it to ~840 MB; a single calculated column can add ~20 minutes to refresh. Tools shown: Power BI Desktop, DAX Studio, Tabular Editor.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 2:20Performance fundamentals
- 5:44Report diagnostic journey
- 9:21Using performance analyzer
- 12:38Visual and UI optimization
- 20:29Table and filter efficiency
- 24:36Mapping and quick wins
- 26:41Data transformation best practices
- 30:12Data types and model size
- 35:34Star schema architecture
- 41:59Advanced considerations
- 45:14Wrap up and Q&A
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