Summary

As we have seen in this chapter, interacting with analytical reports is very similar to other web applications, so the user’s level of engagement and satisfaction can be measured in similar ways. Studies of use interfaces and web browsing suggest that a report that is generated in less than 5 seconds is ideal. They also suggest that reports completing in 10-second durations or higher should be considered carefully as this is the point of user frustration.

You should set performance targets and be prepared for outliers by measuring against baselines. Success may still require setting the right expectations by having different targets if you have highly complex reports.It is impotant to remember that each component of Power BI along with system resources can contribute to performance issues. Therefore, performance issues cannot be solved in isolation of just the report.

In the next chapter, we will focus on data conectivity with various storage modes of the semantic...