Published On Mar 19, 2024
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In this video we explore Direct Lake mode in Microsoft Fabric, and how we can use it to create really speedy Power BI reports, even on really large datasets.
We look at what Direct Lake is, the benefits of Direct Lake and how to configure it depending on your requirements.
This video is video FIVE in series helping you navigate the switch from the world of Power BI to the exciting new world of Microsoft Fabric, catch up on the series here: • Power BI to Fabric Transition Guide
Link to Fabric.guru article on Fallback Behaviour: https://fabric.guru/controlling-direc...
Link to Microsoft article on Fallback Behaviours: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/b...
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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
1:18 Exploring the Kaggle dataset
2:54 Default semantic model
4:16 Creating your own semantic model
5:08 What is Direct Lake mode?
7:30 Benefits of Direct Lake mode
7:55 Building a semantic model
9:16 Creating a Power BI report from our model
11:26 Direct Lake Fallback Behaviour
13:30 Semantic model refresh setting
15:12 Fallback behaviour + Semantic Link