Power BI report owner review template
A copyable review template for business ownership, technical stewardship, purpose, audience, evidence, risk, lifecycle, and approval.
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Guides
Step-by-step references, checklists, and implementation guidance for Power BI platform owners.
Power BI governance dashboard: pages and metrics to include
Design a decision-oriented Power BI governance dashboard for inventory, ownership, adoption, lifecycle, risk, health, performance, and exceptions.
3 min read
How to find duplicate Power BI reports
Use inventory, metadata, lineage, audience, and usage signals to find potential duplicate Power BI reports without collapsing legitimate variants.
3 min read
Power BI report performance monitoring: portfolio signals to root cause
Use portfolio-level opening signals, Performance Analyzer, and Capacity Metrics at the correct stage of Power BI performance investigation.
3 min read
Power BI admin monitoring: which source should you use?
Compare Usage Metrics, the activity log, scanner APIs, unused-artifacts API, Performance Analyzer, and Capacity Metrics by the questions each can answer.
3 min read
Power BI workspace cleanup checklist
A safe, repeatable sequence for inventorying, reviewing, archiving, consolidating, and retiring Power BI workspace content.
3 min read
How to find when a Power BI report was last viewed
Compare Usage Metrics, the activity log, and the unused-artifacts API for a defensible Power BI report last-viewed signal.
3 min read
Power BI Usage Metrics not showing data: a troubleshooting checklist
Diagnose blank, delayed, unnamed, or incomplete Power BI Usage Metrics before treating missing activity as evidence that a report is unused.
4 min read
Power BI adoption metrics: views, viewers, repeat use, reach, and inactivity
A practical metric framework for measuring Power BI adoption without confusing activity totals with business value.
5 min read
Power BI usage monitoring requirements checklist
The identities, permissions, SQL, compute, networking, retention, validation, and operating ownership required for production usage monitoring.
5 min read