A well-designed analytical model with ample resources can still struggle to produce adequate performance due to an inefficient visualization layer. The following list of techniques can be applied to Power BI reports and dashboards to reduce the query workload and avoid slower resource-intensive queries:
- Create dashboards on top of reports to leverage cached query results representing the latest data refresh:
- Unlike dashboards, report queries are sent and executed on the fly when Power BI reports are loaded.
- Multiple dashboards can be linked together as described in Chapter 7, Designing Power BI Dashboards and Architectures.
- If the dataset uses a DirectQuery or Live connection, take advantage of scheduled ...
