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Reining in the Report Development Backlog • What reports do we need? • Are they duplicates? This is a Header • Are they relevant / correct? THIS IS A SUBTITLE • Who is working on them? • How can we track progress?
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Managing the Backlog • • • Remove Duplicates Prioritize items Estimate work effort Iterative approach Assign to Content Creators This is a Header THIS IS A SUBTITLE
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Report Efficiencies – Measure Table In Edit Queries, Click Edit Data to create a one column one row table Click OK This is a Header Close & Apply Select Measure THIS IS A SUBTITLE On Modeling Tab, set Home Table to Measure Table Hide “column 1” in Measure Table
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Report Efficiencies – Shared Data Model • Create Master Data Model • Data Model Only in PBIX file • “One Source of the Truth” • Contains all measures • Deploy is to Power. BI. com This a Header • Use “Power BI Datasets” as source THIS A SUBTITLE for. IS report data
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Report Efficiencies • Create Measure Tables • Use Shared Data Models This is a Header • Use Source Control THIS IS A SUBTITLE • “Kon. Mari” your Existing Reports
Report Efficiencies – “Kon. Mari” Reports There is no “joy” in • • This is a Header THIS IS A SUBTITLE Duplicate reports Unused reports Empty or Wrong reports Reports referencing retired systems
Report Efficiencies – “Kon. Mari” Reports Kon. Mari Steps • See who is using the reports • Remove access to reports • Tag “official” reports This is a Header THIS IS A SUBTITLE
Report Efficiencies - Other • Handle transformation logic closest to source • Leverage query folding • Use self-describing names for Columns and This is a Header Measures THIS IS A SUBTITLE • Remove Unnecessary columns • Avoid bidirectional filters
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