Brent Lightsey is the owner and CEO of FirstLight Analytics and co-founder of Argus PBI. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentlightsey/
One of the most resource-intensive operations performed by Power BI is refreshing datasets. Each dataset can use multiple data sources, for example, your data warehouse or a SQL Server. It's important to monitor the load on these sources as well.
Even great tools have problems. Power BI is a great tool, but it is not perfect. In this article, Brent and Greg discuss some common problems and challenges in Power BI.
In Part 1, we covered options for pulling usage reports without interacting with an API. In this article, we will cover advanced techniques for pulling and storing Power BI user activity.
After a Power BI report has launched, there are some important questions. Who is actually using it? Is it reaching the intended audience? Is it being used more broadly than intended (yay!)? Or is it not being used at all (horror!)?
How do I do Version Control in Power BI? This question has been difficult to answer in the past, but is getting easier with new Power BI (and Fabric) features. Team and traditional enterprise concerns like version control have only recently received attention on the product roadmap.
A presentation about operational concerns and resources to address these in Power BI