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    The document outlines seven best practices for developing Power BI solutions, including always using workgroups for different stakeholders, developing reports in Power BI Desktop rather than online, and creating calculated measure tables separately from data tables. It also lists additional best practices such as using explicit measures, deploying files without version numbers, and presenting data models logically with dimensions above facts.

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    The document outlines seven best practices for developing Power BI solutions, including always using workgroups for different stakeholders, developing reports in Power BI Desktop rather than online, and creating calculated measure tables separately from data tables. It also lists additional best practices such as using explicit measures, deploying files without version numbers, and presenting data models logically with dimensions above facts.

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    The document outlines seven best practices for developing Power BI solutions, including always using workgroups for different stakeholders, developing reports in Power BI Desktop rather than online, and creating calculated measure tables separately from data tables. It also lists additional best practices such as using explicit measures, deploying files without version numbers, and presenting data models logically with dimensions above facts.

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    PowerBI 7 Best Practices

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    The document outlines seven best practices for developing Power BI solutions, including always using workgroups for different stakeholders, developing reports in Power BI Desktop rather than online, and creating calculated measure tables separately from data tables. It also lists additional best practices such as using explicit measures, deploying files without version numbers, and presenting data models logically with dimensions above facts.

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    SEVEN BEST PRACTICES OF POWERBI

    I've set up seven best-practice rules for developing Power BI solutions, I'm curious if my Power BI
    colleagues agree/disagree or have any additions to this list.

    1. Always use workgroups for each kind of stakeholder. (for example, financial; sales; management)

    2. Never develop in the online environment of Power BI; always in Power BI desktop.

    3. Create one Power BI file including the dataset; use other Power BI files to connect to this online
    dataset.

    4. Always use 'Theme files' to define the style of the reports. Use background images to create logical
    alignment between visuals.

    5. Prefer Dynamic Row Level Security over Simple Row Level Security.

    6. Format the DAX syntax to readable code. (using for example: https://lnkd.in/eCdFhHQ)

    7. Create a separate table to contain your Calculated Measures, since they don't belong to the tables
    in the model, but to the entire model itself. It makes it also easier to recognise the tables containing
    measures, because they are on top of the list.

    8. Always use Power BI apps to distribute reports and dashboard to the end-users.

    Additional Best Practices


    - Use Explicit Measures Over Implicit Measure To Prevent Mistakes Like Count / Distinct count

    - Use Ad Groups When Sharing With Many Users

    - Deploy Files Without Version Numbers to Maintain Dashboard Connections

    - Remove Unnecessary Surrogate Keys from The Model to Enhance Compression

    - Remove Unused Fields from The Model to Decrease Memory Usage

    - Very Careful with Publish To Web - Use Bi-Directional Filtering With Care

    - Present Your Data Model In A Logic Way. Dimensions On Top, Facts Below, So You Can See The
    “Flow”.

    - Use Measure Tables To Group Your Measures. Else It Will Be Very Messy.

    - For Interactions Between Graphs, Use Filter And Not Highlight. Not Very Useful And Readable.

    - Hide Tab When Using Drill Through.

    - Never Use Pie Charts. Pie Charts Are Just Horrible, Comparing Values Are Way Harder For The
    User In Comparison To A Bar Charts

    Any feedback would be really awesome, thanks in advance! #PowerBI

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