Core components of analytics

Descriptive what has happened based on historical data. Diagnostic Diagnostic analytics help answer questions about why events happened. Predictive Predictive analytics help answer questions about what will happen in the future. Prescriptive Prescriptive analytics help answer questions about which actions should be taken to achieve a goal or target.  Cognitive Cognitive analytics help you learn … Read more

Understand context

With Power BI, even though the measure was only defined once, it can be used in any visuals in different ways. Each of the totals is accurate and performs quickly. It is the context of how the DAX measure is used that calculates these totals accurately.

Calculated columns performance

Calculated columns are materialized in the .pbix Power BI file extension, meaning that each time you add a calculated column, you are increasing the size of the overall file. Having too many calculated columns will slow performance and will cause you to reach the maximum Power BI data size sooner.