We have usually said that if you use a native query, you break query folding in Power Query. Interesting. There may be a way to enable it in Power BI! Patrick shows you how. Chris Webb Blog: https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2021/02/21/query-folding-on-sql-queries-in-power-query-using-value-nativequery-and-enablefoldingtrue/ Query folding guidance in Power BI Desktop https://docs.microsoft.com/power-bi/guidance/power-query-folding Visualise your Power BI Refresh https://dax.tips/2021/02/15/visualise-your-power-bi-refresh/

Have we found the best kept SECRET in Power BI? Adam saw this recently and was BLOWN away! Zooming in can help with presenting in business settings and anywhere else. Here are a few things you can use to make that presentation better with Power BI. ZoomIt: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit DAX Studio: https://daxstudio.org/

Sometimes you want to reduce data in Power BI Desktop so it's easier to work with. Then work with all the data in the Power BI Service. Patrick shows you 3 ways that can help do this without using Incremental Refresh or needing Power BI Premium!

It's really frustrating when your Power BI refresh takes too long or times out! Adam breaks down 3 bottlenecks that can slow down your Power BI refresh to help you optimize the performance.