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M365.FM | Microsoft 365, Azure Cloud, Power Platform & AI · Friday · 14 min

Power BI Dataflows - Simply Explained

Your Power BI reports keep redoing the same cleanup a dataflow could do once. Every refresh reruns the same steps, every report keeps its own copy, and that duplication slows things down and hammers your source system. In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn: The Messy Data Problem Everyone Hits First What A Dataflow Actually Is Where Your Data Actually Sits How Dataflows Fit With Datasets And Reports The License And Capacity Part, In Plain Terms When A Dataflow Is Worth It, And When It Isn't The Traps That Catch People Out The Two Generations, And Which One To Learn What To Take Away, And One Question For You Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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Your Power BI reports keep redoing the same cleanup a dataflow could do once. Every refresh reruns the same steps, every report keeps its own copy, and that duplication slows things down and hammers your source system.

In this episode of Simply Explained you will learn:
  • The Messy Data Problem Everyone Hits First
  • What A Dataflow Actually Is
  • Where Your Data Actually Sits
  • How Dataflows Fit With Datasets And Reports
  • The License And Capacity Part, In Plain Terms
  • When A Dataflow Is Worth It, And When It Isn't
  • The Traps That Catch People Out
  • The Two Generations, And Which One To Learn
  • What To Take Away, And One Question For You

Simply Explained by M365.FM breaks down Microsoft 365, Azure and modern IT topics in clear, jargon-free language. Hosted by Mirko Peters.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support.

This episode includes AI-generated content.
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