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Power BI Interview Questions For Freshers

1. What is Power BI?
Power BI is a collection of business analytics tools, techniques, and processes used to turn
raw business data into valuable and interactive information. Owned by Microsoft, it connects,
transforms, and visualises data sets from multiple unrelated sources.
The data can either be in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or on the cloud. Power BI makes
it easier to connect data sources and share insights with anyone as it offers the right tools to
create interactive dashboards and live reports that are shared across platforms to make
informed decisions. With highly competitive and categorised information, involved parties
can track their performances in the market.

2. Why should we use Power BI?

Power BI is known for providing an easier way to connect, transform, and visualise raw data
from different sources and convert it into meaningful and insightful business information to
make informed and smart decisions.
Even non-technical users can extract information from the data without much hassle. Power
BI makes it cost-efficient for small businesses to visualise their data without maintaining a
separate team of data analysts.
In addition, it offers a secure cloud service to view dashboards or reports and share them with
stakeholders and business partners for real-time analysis.
Moreover, it comes with AI features in the form of Power Q&A and Power Query. The former
allows you to analyse data through voice commands, while the latter enables you to create
dashboards by typing in the columns and visuals you need to include.

3. What are the main components of Power BI?

Here is a brief description of each Power BI component:
a) Power Pivot

It is used to fetch, clean, and load data on Power Query. Besides, It is used for data
modelling that uses DAX (Data Analysis Expression) for calculations. Here, relationships
between tables are created and users get values shown in Pivot Tables.
b) Power Query

It is an important Power BI component that operates on the loaded data. It extracts data
from various sources, such as SQL, Excel, Oracle, and Text/CSV files, transforms it, and
even deletes it.
c) Power Q&A

Allows users to interact with reports by providing answers to their questions. It works with
Power View and provides answers through representations.
d) Power View
Used to provide an intuitive display of data via charts, maps, graphs, and other visuals and
retrieve metadata for analysis. It offers an interactive view and slicers and filters are used for
slicing and dicing data.
e) Power Map
Presents geo-spatial visualisation of data in 3D mode. It highlights accurate geographic
locations of data based on state, city, continent, and address.
f) Power BI Desktop
Integrates Power View, Power Query, and Power Pivot. It helps users create advanced
queries, reports, data models, and dashboards and hone their BI skills for data analysis.
g) Power BI Mobile Application
Available for iOS, Android, and Windows and has an interactive display of a dashboard that
can be shared easily.
4. Can you tell the difference between Managed Enterprise BI and
Self-service BI?
Following are the differences between Self-service BI and Managed Enterprise BI:

Managed Enterprise BI Self-service BI

Data flows from various sources, and Companies can ingest data from
there is no order for companies to any source seamlessly, and data
ingest and manage their data can flow from any source in any
sources. format.

Companies find it hard to conduct Companies can process data and

business they
operations
are unable
effectively
to report
as conduct easily
operations business
as data ingestion
and analyse data and collaborate to falls into order.
gain valuable insights from it.

Analysing data is difficult due to time No time constraint, allows to

constraints and a lack of proper analyse data implicitly and easily.
information.

Companies have to employ third-party No required,

are third-partywhich
vendors
eliminates
vendors to make the most out of their other expenses and constraints.
data sources, resulting in straining
their budgets and slow productivity.
 Demands complex programming skills Even non-technical users can
for generating reports. generate intuitive and actionable
dashboards executing
without easily complex
programming codes.

5. What are the various Power BI versions?

Power BI has three versions:

a) Microsoft Power BI Free/Desktop
For users who want to get business insights from data with visualisation.
b) Microsoft Power BI Pro
This full version of Power BI enables unlimited viewing, sharing, and reporting.
c) Microsoft Power BI Premium
Rather than providing a per-user license, it offers a dedicated unit of capacity for all users in
an organisation.
6. What are the building blocks of Power BI?
Here are the building blocks of Power BI:
a) Visualisations
Visual representation of raw data extracted from various sources. Examples are charts, line
graphs, pie charts, maps, bar graphs, etc.
b) Datasets
A collection of data used to create reports and visualisations. It can be in the form of Excel
sheets, Oracle, SQL, CSV files, etc.
c) Reports
A collection of visualisations that appear together on single or multiple pages. Each
visualisation shows specific aspects of the data depending on the requirements. Examples
include profit by-products, sales by country, city, report, logistic performance report, etc.
d) Dashboards
They are single-layer presentations with one or multiple visualisations embedded on one
page. Dashboards can be shared across various platforms, such as Power BI Apps for live
information. Examples are geographical maps, pie charts, and bar charts.

e) Tiles
It is the single visualisation in a dashboard or report. Examples are pie charts, line graphs, or
other visualisations in a report.
7. What is Power BI Desktop?
Power BI Desktop is an open-source application developed by Microsoft. It can be installed
on your computer and is used for generating, shaping, modelling, designing, and publishing
reports to the cloud with interactive visualisations.
Moreover, it works cohesively with the Power BI service, and you can save your work to a
file or publish data to your Power BI site that can be shared with others. It is also used as an
on-premise version of Power BI Desktop and works full-fledged even if the system is not
connected to the internet.
Users need the internet only when they want to publish their reports to the cloud and share
them with colleagues. It is the first application that users jump into as soon as they board
Power BI.

8. What are the essential applications of Power BI?

Power BI is used for various reasons by different professionals and departments:
a) Database Administrators
PowerShell or Microsoft 365 allows database administrators to increase the Power BI
capacity, and they can assign their roles to different team members. Also, they can set new
passwords and restrict access to reports or dashboards in Power BI.
b) Project Management Office
Project managers use Power BI to determine the situation of several business units. They
can see the performance of team members and track the progress of their projects.
c) IT Professionals
They use Power BI to create visualisations and dashboards that can track their performance
and visualise log files for meetings. They can find the areas they need to work on and
enhance their performance.
d) Business and Data Analysts
They use Power BI to analyse the raw data efficiently and turn it into meaningful information
by cleaning it based on specific requirements. Analysts can prepare live reports to represent
raw data in the form of visual insights.

e) Reports for Consumers

Users can add custom reports to different applications designed from consumers’
perspectives. You can create a report showing daily sales in different countries and add it to
your social media websites, profiles, and applications. This will highlight your product’s
popularity among consumers and motivate them to buy it.

9. What are some drawbacks of using Power BI?

Here are a few drawbacks of Power BI:

a) Can’t Handle Large Data

Power BI is unable to handle files larger than 1 GB and might even time out while processing
them. Also, it can’t mix imported data accessed through real-time connections.

b) Limited Data Sharing

Allows to share dashboards and reports with users on the same domain or have email
addresses listed on Office 365.

c) Limited Data Source

Real-time connection is allowed with a few or limited data sources.

d) Complex in Nature
Its design is a bit complex, and users must be well-versed in Power BI before they start
working on it.
10. What is Self-service BI?
SSBI, or Self-service Business Intelligence, enables business professionals or users with no
technical knowledge to filter, segment, analyse, and visualise their data and instantly
generate intuitive and actionable reports or dashboards.
It has simplified the process of accessing data and creating visuals to get meaningful
insights. The best part is users don’t need technical expertise for data reporting. They can
use available filters and data manipulation options to create dashboards and make informed
decisions. Microsoft SSBI has two parts- Excel BI toolkit and Power BI.
11. What are the key benefits of using Power BI?
Some of the significant advantages of Power BI are:
a) Custom Visualisation
Users have the flexibility of creating custom visualisations and adding them to their reports
and dashboards. With custom reports, decision-makers and planners can find the problem
and make an informed decision to enhance their business performance.
b) Easy to Use
Power BI doesn’t need technical prowess to visualise data and create reports. Using its
simple interface, even non-technical users can transform raw data into interactive reports.
c) ETL/Data Recovery Suite
It uses its robust set of tools to implement ETL ((extraction, transformation, and loading of
the datasets) capabilities. Data transformation and preparation are critical stages before
moving to the visualisation stage. Moreover, with Power BI, users can directly build reporting
datamarts and eliminate any ambiguities in the datasets.
d) Affordable Price
Power BI is much more affordable than other BI and data visualisation tools, making it an
ideal choice for small businesses. They can now use this effective tool for free to make
informed and better business decisions to enhance their performance. Also, for a minimal
amount, it offers an array of features.
e) Q&A Capability
Power BI can execute natural language queries using Power Query and Power Q&A. Also,
using the Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithm, it processes commands of users to
deliver the desired results.
Other benefits of Power BI include:

● Itenablesbuildinginteractabledatavisualisationindatacentres.

● Userscantransformrawdataintointeractivevisualsandsharethemwithanyone.

● AllowsfastdataanalysisbyestablishingaconnectionforExcelqueriesand
dashboards.
● Givesquickandaccuratesolutions.

● AllowsuserstoperformqueriesusingsimpleEnglishwords.
12. What is a dashboard in Power BI?
A Power BI dashboard is like a canvas, a single-layered presentation sheet that helps create
a story through multiple visualisation reports. It includes all the highlights in the form of a
one-page report, and users can understand the data better.
Its main features are:

● Userscandrillthroughthepage,selectionpane,andbookmarks,createvarioustiles
and integrate URLs.

● Itallowsuserstosetthereportlayouttomobileview.

13. Is Power BI an effective solution?

Power BI is a cloud-based BI tool used to analyse and visualise raw data collected from
various sources. It integrates data visualisations with data analytics so that businesses can
make informed and better decisions based on data.

Power BI is easy to use, even for a non-technical person and processes data in an
easy-to-understand and reliable way. It is compatible with different platforms and can be
shared on the cloud, making it an effective solution.

14. What data sources can Power BI connect to?

The list of data sources that can be connected to Power BI is extensive, but we have
categorised them into the following:
a) Files
Imports data from Power BI Desktop files (.pbix), Excel (.xlsx, .xlxm), and Comma-Separated
Values (.csv).
b) Content Packs
A collection of related files stored as a group. There are two types of content packs:

● FromserviceproviderssuchasSalesforce,GoogleAnalytics,andMarketo.

● Createdandsharedbyotherusersinanorganisation.

c) Connectors
Connects your databases and datasets, such as SQL, Azure, Server Analysis Services
tabular data, etc.
15. What are the available formats of Power BI?
Available formats of Power BI are:
a) Power BI Desktop
Download and install Power BI Desktop on your PC and connect to the data source and
transform, analyse, and visualise data using templates.
b) Power BI Services
A cloud-based service or SaaS (Software-as-a-service). You can connect modelling is
limited.
c) Power BI Mobile App
Users can access dashboards and reports securely on any device as it is compatible with to
data, but iOS, Android, and Windows.

Power BI Developer Interview Questions (for Experienced)

16. Where do you reshape data in Power BI?
Data is reshaped in Data Editing, which allows users to manipulate rows and columns of the
data according to their requirements.

17. How can you refresh data in PowerBI?

Data can be refreshed in Gateway by scheduling a refresh.

18. What are custom visualisations?

Power BI allows users to create their visualisations using a library of custom visualisations.
Start by creating a development project and then test the visual in Power BI services.
After customising the visualisation, it is tested and checked thoroughly before sharing and
saved as a .pbiviz file. However, one must be a Power BI Pro user to be able to customise
visualisations.

19. What are different refresh options in Power BI?

There are four key refresh options in Power BI, which are as follows:
a) Package Refresh
To synchronise the Power BI Desktop and Excel file between the Power BI service and
OneDrive or SharePoint Online. But it doesn’t extract data from its original source, and the
dataset is updated with what’s in the file within OneDrive.
b) Model or Data Refresh
Refreshes the dataset with data collected from the original source using the scheduled
refresh or refresh now option. It requires a gateway for on-premise data sources.

c) Tile Refresh
Once data changes, it updates the cache for tile visuals on the dashboard every 15 minutes.
You can force a tile refresh by clicking on the ellipsis (...) on the upper right side of a
dashboard and selecting Refresh Dashboard tiles.
d) Visual Container Refresh
Refreshes the visual container and updates the cached report visuals within a dashboard
once the data is changed.
20. What are the different views in Power BI Desktop?
There are different views in Power BI, each serving a specific purpose. Here is a brief
explanation of these views:
a) Report View

It is the default view that allows users to add visualisations and multiple additional report
pages and publish them on the portal.

b) Data View
To reshape data using Query Editor
calculated columns for further insights. tools. Users can transform the data and create
c) Model View

It also known as Relationship View, as it helps users manage relationships between

is
complex datasets. Users can see all the data models in this view and compare or create
diagrams according to the subsets of the model.

21. What is the difference between Power BI and Tableau?

Power BI and Tableau are data analytics and visualisation tools widely used in the IT sector.
However, there are certain differences between the two:
Power BI Tableau

Power BI is qualified to handle a Capable of handling a huge volume of

limited volume of datasets. data without affecting the performance
of the system. It can fetch billions of
rows.

Doesn’t have wide access to data Can access various data sources.
sources.

Power BI has a simple interface The interface is comparatively difficult

that helps users visualize data and to understand, especially for a
create reports. non-technical user.

Easy to use for both new and Suitable for experienced professionals
experienced users. in data analytics.

Embedding the reports is easier. Embedding reports in Tableau isa

challenge.

Uses Data Analysis Expression Uses Multidimensional Expressions

(DAX) to create formulas for (MDX) to measure columns and
measuring the columns. dimensions.

Due to its limited capacity to Can support the cloud easily.

handle large volumes of data,
cloud support is difficult.

Integrated with Microsoft Azure, Has an in-built machine learning

which helps in data analysis. capability to perform various ML
operations on datasets.
 More affordable compared to Need to pay more when third-party
Tableau. apps are connected.

22. What is the difference between Power Query and Power Pivot?

Following are the main differences between Power Pivot and Power Query:

Power Query Power Pivot

Focuses on analysing data. Revolves around collecting and transforming

data.

It is an ETL service tool. It is an in-memory data modelling component.

23. What is Get Data in Power BI?

Get Data connects you to different data sources to import data for analysis and visualisation.
You can select from numerous data sources.
When you click on the Get Data option in Power BI, you can see a drop-down menu showing
all data sources. You can directly ingest data from any source, including:

● Excel
● SQLServerdatabase
● JSON
 ● IBM
● Impala
● Accessdatabase
●PDF
● Text/CSV
● MySQL
● SharePoint
● Oracle
● andmore.

You can also get data from Azure and online sources. Moreover, Power BI data flows, and
Power BI datasets are compatible.

24. What is the comprehensive working system of Power BI?

The working system of Power BI comprises four key steps:

a) Data Importing
Start by importing data, convert it into a standard format and store it in a staging area.
b) Data Cleaning
Now that the data is cleaned, the next step is to transform or clean it to eliminate unwanted
data.
c) Data Visualisation
Here, data is represented visually in the form of dashboards or
powerful visualisation tools.
d) Save and Publish
As the report is ready, it’s time to save and publish the reports and share themusing
reports with other
several
users via mobile apps or the web.

25. What are the different filters in Power BI Reports?

Power BI offers several options to filter reports, data, and visualisations. Some of them are:
a) Visual-level Filters
They work on an individual visualisation and are applied to both data and calculation
conditions.
b) Page-level Filters
They are used for a given page within a report made of multiple pages. You can apply
different page-level filters to multiple pages in the same report. Also, each page in a report
can have different filters applied to it.
c) Report-level Filters
As they are used to apply filters to the entire report, affecting all pages and visualisations of
a report, they are also known as generalised filters.
As Power BI visual has an interaction feature, filtering a report is a breeze. Despite being
quite useful visual interactions have certain drawbacks:

● Filtersarenotsavedasapartofareport.Asyouaccessareport,youcanapply
visual filters but can’t store them in the same report.

● Anyfilterappliedisvisible,whichisamajordownsidewhenyouapplyafiltertothe
entire report but don’t want any visual indication of it.

26. What is Power Pivot?

Power Pivot is an add-in for Excel 2010, introduced to extend the analytical capabilities of
Microsoft Excel. It allows users to import and mash up millions of data from various sources
into a single Excel Workbook.
You can manipulate and analyse data, draw conclusions, and share insights easily without
impacting the speed of your computer. Moreover, it allows you to create calculated columns,
and build using formulas, find relationships between heterogeneous data,
measure
PivotCharts and PivotTables. You can analyse data to make timely business decisions
without any IT assistance.

27. What is Power Query?

Power Query is a BI tool designed by Microsoft for Excel. You can collect, clean, transform,
and reshape data according to your requirements using an intuitive interface without coding.
You need to write your query once and run it with a simple refresh. Power Query is helpful
for users to

● Importdatafromarangeofsources,suchasdatabases,files,socialmedia,Bigdata,
etc.

● Combinedatafrommultiplesources.

● Shapedata,addorremove,tomeetyourrequirements.
28. What is Power View?
Power View is a data visualisation technology used for the interactive display of data using
charts, graphs, maps, and other visuals that can make data more intuitive. This option is
available in SQL Server, Excel, Power BI, and SharePoint.
Here are the visualisation options available in Power View:

● Charts

● Piecharts

● Maps

● Linecharts

● Tiles

● Tables

● PowerView

● Cards

● Images

● MultiplesVisualisations

● Bubbleandscattercharts

● Keyperformanceindicators(KPIs)

29. Differentiate between Power BI and Excel.

The main differences between the Power BI and MS Excel include:

Parameter Power BI Excel

Tabular Reports Power BI is not a great Excel handles tabular

option for handling reports better than Power BI.
tabular reports.
 Reports You can create Users can’t perform
interactive and advanced cross-filtering
personalized reports. between charts.

Analytics Has simple analytics. Has advanced analytics.

Duplicate Table Can’t display duplicate Users can display duplicate

tables. tables.

Applications Perfect for KPIs, alerts, Excel has new charts, but
and dashboards. they can’t connect to the
data model.

30. What are content packs in Power BI?

Content packs are a pre-built collection of visualisations and Power BI reports for your
chosen services to enhance the Power BI experience. A subscriber to chosen services can
connect to Power BI by logging in to their account and see their data through readymade live
dashboards and interactive reports. Users can use content packs whenever they want rather
than creating reports from scratch.
Microsoft has introduced content packs for various services, including:

● AdobeAnalytics
● SQLSentry
● Marketo
● CircuitID
● Salesforce
● QuickbooksOnline
● tyGraph
● AzureMobileEngagement

With organisational content packs, users, system integrators, and BI professionals get tools
to create their content packs and share purpose-built reports, dashboards, and datasets with
others in the organisation. By connecting a content pack on the Powerbi.com portal, users
can merge report items into a workspace list.
The notable features of content packs are:

● Accesstospecificgroupsoranentireorganisation.

● Itcanbecustomisedsouserscanselecttherightpack.

● Userswithaccesstothecontentpackcancreatenewreportsordashboardsfrom
the content.

Power BI Dax Interview Questions

31. What is DAX?

Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is a collection of operators, functions, and constants used
in formulas to perform basic calculations and data analysis in Power Pivot. It is a formula
language that helps you collect meaningful information from the available data. Moreover,
DAX works on column values and is used to compute calculated columns, fields, and
measures. However, it can’t be used to modify or insert data or calculate rows.
DAX Syntax:
Total Sales = SUM(Sales[SalesAmount])

Total Sales- Measure

SUM- DAX Function

Sales[SalesAmount]- Referenced table and the referenced column name.

Benefits of using variables in DAX:

● AsvariablescanbereusedinDAXqueries,thereisnoneedforadditionalqueriesof
the source database.

● Withvariables,DAXexpressionsbecomeunderstandable.

32. What are the three fundamental concepts of DAX?

a) Syntax

It is the way a formula is written, referring to the elements included in it. If the Syntax is
wrong, you get an error message.
b) Functions
They are the arguments or specific values written in a particular order
to perform a
calculation, the same as the function in Excel. It includes date/time, information, statistical,
mathematical, logical, text, parent/child, etc.

c) Context
It is of two types- Row Context and Filter Context. The former is used when a formula has a
function to apply filters to find a row in a table while the latter is used when more than one
filter is applied in a calculation to find a value.
33. What are the most common DAX Functions used?
The most commonly-used DAX functions are:

● SUM,AVG,MIN,MAX,COUNTROWS,DISTINCTCOUNT

● IF,AND,OR,SWITCH

● VALUES,ALL,FILTER,CALCULATE,

● UNION,INTERSECT,EXCEPT,NATURALINNERJOIN,
NATURALLEFTEROUTERJOIN,
ISBLANK,ISFILTERED,ISCROSSFILTERED
●

● SUMMARIZECOLUMNS,ISEMPTY,

● VAR(Variables)

● GEOMEAN,MEDIAN,DATEDIFF

34. What is the CALCULATE function in DAX?

The CALCULATE function is used to find the sum of an entire column from a table and can
be modified with filters. It is the only function to let users modify the filter context of tables or
measures.

Syntax:
CALCULATE ( [ <Expression> [, <Filter> [, <Filter> [, … ]]] )

Expression: That needs to be evaluated.

Filter: A boolean or table expression defining a filter.

Power BI Advanced Interview Questions
35. How to perform query tasks on the Power BI desktop?
To perform a query, you need to use the Power Query option on the Power BI Desktop
through the Power Query Editor. You can open it by going to the Edit Queries from the
Home tab.
36. How do you create a group in Power BI?

the fields
Select all you want to add to the group, right click on them, and click on the
Context menu. After that, select the Group option, and Power BI will create a group of the
selected items automatically.

37. What is row-level security?

is restricts Security
Row-level data access
(RLS)
and view for a user. Filters limit data
access at the row level, and users can define filter rules and roles in Power BI Desktop and
publish them to Power BI Service to configure row-level security.
Users with access to a workspace can also access datasets in the same workspace. RLS
simply restricts access to data for users with Viewer permission and doesn’t apply to
Members, Admins, or Contributors.

The function username () is used with table relationships to limit data to current users. To
enable low-level security, you need a Power BI Pro subscription.

38. How are relationships defined in Power BI Desktop?

Relationships between tables in Power BI Desktop are defined in two ways:
a) Manually
Relationships are defined manually using primary and foreign keys.
b) Automatic
When the Automatic feature is enabled, it identifies relationships between tables and defines
them automatically.

39. Define bidirectional cross-filtering.

Bidirectional cross-filtering makes data modellers’ jobs easier and hassle-free. It lets data
modellers decide how their Power BI Desktop filters will flow using relationships between
tables.
is transmitted
The filter context
to the second related table on the other side of a table
relationship. This enables data modellers to solve many-to-many problems without writing
complex DAX formulas.
40. What is Advanced Editor in Power BI?
Advanced Editor is used to see queries that Power BI runs against the data source to import
data. These queries are rendered in M-code, which is the Power Query Formula Language.
To view the query code, users need to select Edit Queries from the Home tab and click on
Advanced Editor from Home or View tab, to work on the query.
The Advanced Editor window will display the code for the selected query. Any changes
made to the data in Query Editor are saved to Applied Steps in the Query Setting.
41. What are query parameters and Power BI templates?

Query parameters are used to provide users with a local Power BI Desktop report with a
prompt so they can specify the values they want.

● Thequeryandcalculationscanuseparameterselection.

● UserscanexportPBIXfilesasTemplates.

● TheseTemplatesincludeeverythinginthePBIXexceptdata.

Through parameters and templates, it is possible to share or email small template files and
restrict the amount of data loaded in a local PBIX file, which enhances the processing
experience.
42. Why do users need Power Query when Power Pivot can import
data from mostly used sources?
Power Query is a self-service ETL (Export, Transform, Load) tool that allows users to pull
data from different sources, manipulate it based on their requirements, and load it into Excel.
It runs as an Excel add-in. Users prefer Power Query over Power Pivot as they can easily
load data and manipulate it into any form according to their requirements while loading.
43. What is Power Map?
Power Map is another Excel add-in that offers a powerful set of tools to help users visualise
and gain insights into a huge set of data with a geo-coded component.
Users can produce 3D visualisations by plotting a million data points in the form of heat,
column, and bubble maps on top of a Bing map. In case data is time stamped, it can create
interactive views displaying how the data changes over time and space.
44. What are the primary requirements for a table to be used in
Power Map?
To be consumed in Power Map, data location is a must, like:

● Latitude/Longitudepair

● Street,City,Country/Region,Zip/PostalCode,andState/Province,geolocatedby
Bing

The table must contain unique rows, and location data can be in the form of a
Latitude/Longitude pair, but that is not mandatory.

45. What are many-to-many relationships, and how can they be

addressed in Power BI?
Many-to-many relationships comprise a bridge table showing the combinations of
dimensions. These combinations can either be possible or those that have occurred. two

● Bi-directionalcross-filteringrelationshipscanbeusedinPBIX.

● DAXisusedpermetrictocheckormodifyfiltercontext.

● CROSSFILTERisusedinPowerPivotinExcel.

46. What is the difference between a Power BI Dataset, a Report,

and a Dashboard?

Power BI Dataset Report Dashboard

The source to An individual Power A collection of visuals

create reports and BI Desktop (PBIX) or tiles from various
visuals or tiles. file comprises one reports and pinned
or more report (optional).
pages.
 A Data model in an Built for
andinteractive
in-depth Built to get aggregate
Analysis Service dataset analysis primary visuals and
Server Data can be (formatting, filters). metrics from different
inside the model Each report datasets.
(imported) or Direct is connected to at
Query connection least one dataset
to the source. and each page
contains one or
more visuals.

47. What is the difference between Calculated Columns, Calculated

Tables, and Measures?

Calculated Calculated Tables Measures

Columns

They are added to tables They are created by applying They use DAX functions for
through the DAX formula a DAX formula to define complex calculations.
applied to the existing values.
data.

DAX formula is used to Created in Report and Data Highlightstotals, running

define values in newviews. salesforecasting,comparing

columns instead of sales,etc.

querying data sources.

 UsefulwhendatasourcesUsed for intermediateUsefulwhenyouwant to

don’trepresentdatainthe calculations and the data aggregate your data orneed

desiredformat. userswant tostoreintheup-to-the-minute
model. calculations.

48. What are the ways to leverage Excel experience with Power BI?
Here are a few ways to use Excel experience with Power BI:

● ThePowerBIPublisherforExcelcanbeusedto

● PinExcelitems,suchastables,charts,ranges,toPowerBIService.

● ConnecttoreportsanddatasetsstoredinPowerBIService.

● YoucanuseExcelworkbookstocreateareportinPowerBIbyexploringmodelsin
Excel tables.

● ExcelreportscanbesharedinthePowerBIServiceviaContentPacks.

● Excelworkbook’sPowerPivotcanbeimportedtoPowerBIDesktopmodels,saving
time and effort.

● UploadtheExcelworkbookinPowerBIandviewitonabrowser,PowerBIapp,and
Power BI Desktop.

49. What is the common table function for grouping data?

The common table function to group data is SUMMARIZE(). It
is the primary groupby function in SSAS, and it is recommended to specify tables
and columns rather than metrics. You can use the ADDCOLUMNS function.
SUMMARIZECOLUMNS

It is a more efficient and new group by function in SSAS and Power BI Desktop. Make sure
to specify groups by expressions, columns, and table.
50. What are the data management gateway and Power BI personal
gateway?
Gateway is used to bridge the gap between on-premise data sources and Azure cloud
services.
a) Personal Gateway
Import and Power BI Service only and no central monitoring. Also,
one person and others are not allowed to use this gateway.
b) On-Premises Gateway it can be used only by
Supports Import and Direct Query and monitors centrally. There can be multiple users of the
gateway to develop content.

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