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title: Power BI guidance documentation
summary: "Power BI guidance documentation provides best practice information from the team that builds Power BI and the folks that work with our enterprise customers. Here you’ll find learnings to improve performance and success with Power BI. We’ll update and add to them as new information is available."
metadata:
  title: Power BI guidance documentation
  description: "Power BI guidance documentation provides best practice information from the team that builds Power BI and the folks that work with our enterprise customers. Here you’ll find learnings to improve performance and success with Power BI. We’ll update and add to them as new information is available."  
  services: powerbi
  ms.service: powerbi
  ms.subservice: powerbi
  ms.topic: landing-page # Required
  ms.collection: collection
  author: maggiesMSFT
  ms.author: maggies
  ms.date: 01/14/2020

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb
  # Card (optional)
  - title: Power BI guidance
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: Guidance for Power BI
            url: overview.md
          - text: Optimization guide for Power BI
            url: power-bi-optimization.md
          - text: Whitepapers overview
            url: whitepapers.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Transform and shape data
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: The importance of query folding
            url: power-query-folding.md
          - text: Disable Power Query background refresh
            url: power-query-background-refresh.md
          - text: Referencing Power Query queries
            url: power-query-referenced-queries.md
          - text: Dataflows best practices
            url: ../transform-model/service-dataflows-best-practices.md
 
  # Card (optional)
  - title: Data modeling
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: What is a star schema?
            url: star-schema.md
          - text: Data reduction techniques
            url: import-modeling-data-reduction.md
          - text: One-to-one relationships
            url: relationships-one-to-one.md
          - text: Many-to-many relationships
            url: relationships-many-to-many.md
          - text: Active vs inactive relationships
            url: relationships-active-inactive.md
          - text: Bi-directional relationships
            url: relationships-bidirectional-filtering.md
          - text: Relationship troubleshooting
            url: relationships-troubleshoot.md
          - text: DirectQuery model guidance
            url: directquery-model-guidance.md 
          - text: Composite model guidance
            url: composite-model-guidance.md 
          - text: Row-level security (RLS) guidance
            url: rls-guidance.md 

  # Card (optional)
  - title: DAX
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: DIVIDE function vs divide operator
            url: dax-divide-function-operator.md
          - text: Appropriate use of error functions
            url: dax-error-functions.md
          - text: Use SELECTEDVALUE instead of VALUES
            url: dax-selectedvalue.md
          - text: Use COUNTROWS instead of COUNT
            url: dax-countrows.md
          - text: Use variables to improve formulas
            url: dax-variables.md
          - text: Avoid converting BLANKs to values
            url: dax-avoid-converting-blank.md
          - text: Column and measure references
            url: dax-column-measure-references.md
          - text: Avoid using FILTER as a filter argument
            url: dax-avoid-avoid-filter-as-filter-argument.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Power BI reports
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Separate reports from models
            url: report-separate-from-model.md
          - text: Use report page tooltips
            url: report-page-tooltips.md
          - text: Use report page drillthrough
            url: report-drillthrough.md
          - text: Tips to manage axes
            url: report-design-tips-axes.md
          - text: Tips to control chart gridlines
            url: report-tips-chart-gridlines.md
          - text: Tips to optimize the use of labels
            url: report-tips-labels.md
          - text: Tips to format and implement legends 
            url: report-tips-legends.md
          - text: Tips to optimize visual colors 
            url: report-tips-visual-colors.md
          - text: Tips to sort and distribute data plots
            url: report-tips-sort-distribute-data-plots.md
          - text: Tips to work with shapes, images, and icons
            url: report-tips-shapes-images-icons.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Power BI paginated reports
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: When to use paginated reports
            url: report-paginated-or-power-bi.md
          - text: Data retrieval guidance
            url: report-paginated-data-retrieval.md
          - text: Image use guidance
            url: report-paginated-image.md
          - text: Use cascading parameters
            url: paginated-report-cascading-parameter.md
          - text: Avoid blank pages when printing
            url: report-paginated-blank-page.md
          - text: Migrate SSRS reports to Power BI
            url: migrate-ssrs-reports-to-power-bi.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Admin and deployment
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Tenant admin settings
            url: admin-tenant-settings.md 
          - text: On-premises data gateway sizing
            url: gateway-onprem-sizing.md 
          - text: Monitor report performance
            url: monitor-report-performance.md 
          - text: Troubleshoot report performance
            url: report-performance-troubleshoot.md
          - text: Deployment pipelines best practices
            url: ../create-reports/deployment-pipelines-best-practices.md
          - text: Access the Power BI activity log
            url: admin-activity-log.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Migration to Power BI
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Migration overview
            url: powerbi-migration-overview.md
          - text: Prepare to migrate
            url: powerbi-migration-pre-migration-steps.md
          - text: Gather requirements
            url: powerbi-migration-requirements.md
          - text: Plan deployment
            url: powerbi-migration-planning.md
          - text: Conduct proof of concept
            url: powerbi-migration-proof-of-concept.md
          - text: Create content
            url: powerbi-migration-create-validate-content.md
          - text: Deploy to Power BI
            url: powerbi-migration-deploy-support-monitor.md
          - text: Learn from customer Power BI migrations
            url: powerbi-migration-learn-from-customers.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Center of Excellence (COE)
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
          - text: Microsoft's BI transformation
            url: center-of-excellence-microsoft-business-intelligence-transformation.md
          - text: Establish a COE
            url: center-of-excellence-establish.md
          - text: BI solution architecture in the COE
            url: center-of-excellence-business-intelligence-solution-architecture.md
