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What I Stopped Doing in Power BI After Working on Real Projects

  What I Stopped Doing in Power BI After Working on Real Projects PowerBI Course at Rs 99 When I started with Power BI, I followed tutorials religiously. Everything worked perfectly on sample datasets. But real projects are different  — large data, business pressure, performance issues, and constant changes. After working on real-world Power BI projects, here are the things I consciously stopped doing (and why). 👇 1️⃣ I Stopped Creating Too Many Calculated Columns In the beginning, calculated columns felt easy and intuitive.  But in production models, they became a performance killer . Why I stopped: They increase model size They slow down refresh They are calculated row by row What I do instead: Use measures whenever possible Example: ❌ Calculated Column Total Sales = Sales[Quantity] * Sales[Price] ✅ Measure Total Sales = SUMX(Sales, Sales[Quantity] * Sales[Price]) 📌 Result: Faster reports, smaller models. 2️⃣ I Stopped Importing Unnecessary Columns Earlie...