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Question 1
Difference between Calculated Column and
Measures and how they are helpful while
creating report?
Calculated columns works on row context,
which means it performs the calculation row by
row, while Measures operate on filter context,
which means they offer the result on the flyer,
which means whatever filters are used, the
result will be generated.
The Calculated column takes up space in the
model, but the Measures do not.
The calculated column is physically present,
which means you can establish relationships
with this column in the data model. However,
since measures do not exist, we cannot create
any type of relationship with them.
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Question 2
How will you improve your power bi reports
performance?
Our first step is to verify that all columns in the
query-loaded tables have the correct data types.
Incorrectly assigning columns is because their
data type creates a lot of space in the model.
Second, remove unneeded columns from tables.
Performance will improve if you eliminate columns
that are not used in any report visuals.
We can reduce the amount of rows that you're
pulling from the Source alright with the assistance
of aggregation or by reducing the number of rows
from the Source itself.
Unselect the auto-generate date and time
calendar in file and settings. Unless unchecked,
power bi generates a date table for each year,
quarter, and month, which takes up model space
and reduces performance.
Question 3
How many types of relations are there we
can perform while creating data model in
PBI?
One-to-one, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships
One-to-one connections mean both columns have unique
values. Due to redundant data, this rare cardinality class
typically indicates a faulty model design.
Builders should choose a one-to-many or many-to-one link
that matches the column order. Consider how to link Product-
Sales using each database's ProductID field. The Product table
has one-to-many cardinality since the ProductID column
contains unique values. Reversing Sales to Product yields
many-to-one cardinality.
A many-to-many relationship suggests redundant data in both
columns. This cardinality is rare. It helps with complex model
creation. It may relate many-to-many or high-grain facts.
Product category data stores sales target information, whereas
product dimension data stores product data.
Question 4
What are the types of filtering you have used
in your report?
So we can speak about visual level filters, page
level filters, report level filters, drill through filters,
and book markings if you have used book marks in
any sort of filtering, so all of these alternatives you
can discuss in filtering.
Question 5
If you're calculating total sales and you want
to apply filter function inside the calculate
column how it will work ?
So, the filter function is never used directly in
any Dax code;
it is always nested within a calculate function.
What does the filter function do?
It creates a subset of the table. As you all
know, the second argument to the calculate
function is the filter expression, so the filter
function is used there. It will help the Dax code
run faster if it is used within or next to the
calculate functions.
Question 6
How many dashboard you have created
till date and what are the objective of the
dashboards?
So, depending on your experience, you should
talk about at least five to six reports that you
wrote from start to finish.
If you can, try to tell the reviewer about the
goals of all of those reports as well. This will
make an effect on them.
Question 7
How will you decide that which are the
metrics will be in dashboard to show these
things to stakeholders without getting any
requirement from stakeholders?
You need to know about the domain on which
your report is based.
To do this, you can Google it, learn about it, or
watch some YouTube videos.
Then, you can try to figure out what kinds of
general KPI’s are used or terms that are
specifically used in that domain.
With those KPI’s and terms, you can go ahead
and show the demo.
Question 8
What are bidirectional relationship,
have you used them in your report?
Bidirectional relationship is when you set the
direction in both directions, right cross filter
Direction single or both.
If you set it to both, you have a bidirectional
relationship.
We shouldn't use bidirectional filters very
often because they slow down the report, but
if you need to use them for some calculations,
you can use crossfilter Dax as a workaround.
Question 9
Difference between Star schema and
snowflake schema?
In a star schema, the fact table is in the middle,
and dimension tables are arranged around it in
the shape of a star.
Dimension tables are linked to the fact table using
a one-to- many relationship.
That's it for the star schema's structure. It's safer to
use when 80% of the data is in the fact table.
In the snowflake design, when your dimension
tables are very large, it means that your master
data is also very large.
In this case, we standardize the data by splitting
the dimension tables into multiple dimension
tables.
This way, we have less duplicate data and the
model runs faster.
Question 10
How many types of Securities are there in
power Bi service?
With Power BI's row-level security (RLS), you may
restrict data access. You may set row-level filters
inside roles to restrict data access. Power BI lets
users view semantic models in a workspace. RLS
restricts data viewing to Viewers. Not for
Contributors, Members, or Admins.
Static RLS: This form of RLS relies on static rules
that remain constant throughout time. Static RLS
may limit access to a department- specific
report to department members. The regulations
will stay unchanged in this situation.
Dynamic RLS: This RLS uses changing rules. Say
you have a project report and a team working on
it. You may need to adjust the rules to restrict
report access to existing team members when
they change. Rules alter over time in this
scenario.
Question 11
How many types or roles are available in
power bi service and what was your role?
It's mostly talking about the Power BI admin
role, the member role, the contributor role, or
the viewer role.
As a Power BI developer, I usually had access at
the member level, which meant I could make
reports, publish them, make changes to them,
and even add users.
As a power BI developer, I also used to give
users viewer-level access.
Question 12
Connecting different data sources with
power bi especially Ms SQL (they are using
microsoft's ecosystem)as database and
SharePoint as well?
This question shows that the interviewer wants
to know how to combine data from different
sources into a single Power BI report.
For example, if you're using both a SQL Server
database and SharePoint as a source,
remember that if you imported the data from
the database, you can also include other data
sources, such as SharePoint.
If the database connection was direct query
connectivity, however, the SharePoint
connection would not have been possible.
Question 13
If an Excel file contain multiple sheets how
will you import all of them in power bi?
I think this question is asking how to pull all of
the data from multiple CSV files at once.
To answer that, you can say that you will put all
of the files in a separate folder and then pull
that folder into Power Query.
Once you have that folder in Power Query, you
can click on "Combine Files" and all the data
from all of the CSV files will be uploaded
immediately into Power Query.
Question 14
Help me to take you through the process
you follow and create dashboard from
scratch how you start?
In real life, any project has one business analyst who works directly
with the client and gathers the requirements.
Once he understands the requirements, he puts them on a BRD
and shares it with you as a power bi developer.
The business analyst also makes you meet with him.
You will analyze those items using the BRD, then fetch the tables in
power query, conduct all the necessary transformations, load the
tables, and model them in the data model tab.
And do the visualization. If any calculations are needed using Dax,
you will create measures and calculated columns in the BRD.
Finally, using the standard visuals in the standard pane, you will
visualize the report and give the client a demo after a few days.
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