Considering areas that could slow you down

The next step in our performance management journey is to understand where time is spent. A Power BI solution is ultimately about exposing data to a user and can be thought of as a flow of data from source systems to data stores. Through these various components, eventually, the visual will reach a user through a browser or mobile device. A simplified view of a Power BI solution is presented in the following figure.

Figure 1.4 – Power BI solution overview

Here, we will briefly focus on the different paths of a typical solution to explain why each piece has important considerations for users and the effect poor performance can have on each process. Some of these areas will be covered in more detail in Chapter 2, Exploring Power BI Architecture and Configuration.