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You are developing a Power BI report to analyze sales performance. The data model includes a 'Sales' fact table with a 'Date' column and a 'Region' dimension table. You need to create a measure that calculates the total sales amount for the current year compared to the previous year. Which TWO of the following steps are required to implement this calculation correctly?

A company has a Power BI dataset that includes a table 'Orders' with columns: OrderID, CustomerID, OrderDate, ShipDate, and Amount. They want to create a measure that calculates the number of orders shipped within 3 days of the order date. Which THREE of the following steps are necessary to create this measure?

A company has a Power BI report that uses a DirectQuery dataset from an Azure SQL Database. Users report that the report is slow when filtering by date. Which action should you take to improve performance?

A Power BI report contains a table visual that displays employee names and their total sales. The data model includes an Employee table with columns: EmployeeID, Name, Department, and HireDate. The Sales table has columns: SaleID, EmployeeID, Amount, and SaleDate. The relationship between Employee and Sales is one-to-many. The user wants to see only employees who have made at least one sale. However, the table shows all employees, including those with no sales (blank Amount). What is the most likely reason?

A data analyst creates a Power BI report that uses a date table with a continuous date range. They want to calculate the running total of sales over the last 12 months, ending on the last date in the current filter context. Which DAX expression should they use?

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to create a measure in Power BI?

A user reports that a Power BI report is not refreshing data from a SQL Server database. The dataset uses Import mode. The gateway cluster shows all gateways are online. What is the most likely cause?

You need to deploy a Power BI report from a development workspace to a production workspace. You want to ensure that the report uses the production dataset connection string without manual changes. What should you use?

You manage a Power BI deployment that uses deployment pipelines. After promoting content from Development to Test, you notice that the Test workspace dataset uses a different data source than expected. What is the most likely reason?

You are deploying a Power BI solution to a customer. The customer requires that all report access be controlled via Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) groups. You have a single workspace with multiple reports. What is the best practice for managing permissions?

You manage a Power BI workspace that contains a dataset refreshed daily from an on-premises SQL Server. Users report that the report shows data from two days ago. You verify that the scheduled refresh ran successfully this morning. What is the most likely cause?

Which TWO actions should you take to ensure that a Power BI report deployed to production is available to users even if the gateway is offline for maintenance?

Which THREE steps should you perform to deploy a Power BI solution from development to production using deployment pipelines?

Your Power BI dataset uses DirectQuery to an Azure SQL Database. Users complain that the report is slow. You need to improve query performance without changing the data source. What should you do?

You deploy a Power BI app to a workspace with an app-only license (Premium Per User). Users report that they can access the app but cannot see any visuals in the reports. The dataset uses Import mode. What is the most likely issue?

Which THREE factors should you consider when planning the deployment of Power BI content to a large enterprise with multiple regions?

You review the dataset refresh history. The second refresh took 30 minutes and failed. What is the most likely reason for the failure?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Dataset Refresh History:
Refresh #1: Start: 2024-01-15 01:00:00, End: 2024-01-15 01:05:00, Status: Completed
Refresh #2: Start: 2024-01-15 02:00:00, End: 2024-01-15 02:30:00, Status: Failed
Refresh #3: Start: 2024-01-15 03:00:00, End: 2024-01-15 03:03:00, Status: Completed

You need to ensure that a Power BI report uses the latest data from a cloud-based Azure SQL Database. The report is configured with scheduled refresh. What is the minimum required license for the dataset owner to configure a scheduled refresh?

You manage a Power BI workspace used by the sales team. After updating a dataset with new columns, some users report that their reports show old data. You verify that the scheduled refresh completed successfully. What should you do first?

You are troubleshooting connectivity to a Power BI Premium dataset via the XMLA endpoint. A user reports that they cannot connect using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) but can view reports in the Power BI service. The user's email is user3@contoso.com. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

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Power BI XMLA endpoint configuration:
{
  "allowedUsers": [
    "user1@contoso.com",
    "user2@contoso.com"
  ],
  "allowAzureAnalysisServicesConnections": true,
  "blockExternalConnections": false
}

You publish a Power BI report to a workspace that uses an organizational app. After updating the report, you want users to see the changes immediately without having to reinstall the app. What should you do?

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You are a Power BI administrator for a large organization. A team has published a shared dataset to a Premium workspace. They use an XMLA endpoint to programmatically refresh the dataset daily. Recently, the refresh started failing with the error: 'The operation was canceled because the session was terminated by a concurrent operation.' The dataset is not partitioned. You need to ensure the refresh completes without errors. What should you do?

You are reviewing the deployment configuration for a Power BI dataset. The exhibit shows a JSON snippet of the dataset settings. You need to ensure that data is refreshed twice a day at 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM UTC. However, the refresh fails at both scheduled times. What is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

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{
  "version": "1.0",
  "datasetSettings": {
    "refreshSchedule": {
      "frequency": "Daily",
      "times": ["06:00", "18:00"],
      "enabled": true,
      "localTimeZone": "UTC"
    },
    "directQuery": {
      "enableDirectQuery": false
    }
  },
  "dataSources": [
    {
      "name": "SalesDB",
      "connectionString": "Server=sqlsrv01;Database=Sales;Integrated Security=SSPI;",
      "credentialType": "Windows",
      "gatewayId": "gateway-cluster-01"
    }
  ]
}

You have developed a Power BI report that uses a live connection to an Azure Analysis Services (AAS) model. The AAS model is deployed in a different Azure region. Users report that the report loads slowly, sometimes taking over 30 seconds to render a single visual. You need to improve performance without changing the data model or the report structure. What should you do?

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