INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1. What is query folding in Power Query?
Ans: Query folding is when steps defined in Power Query/Query Editor are translated into SQL and
executed by the source database rather than the client machine. It is important for processing
performance and scalability, given limited resources on the client machine.
2. What are the primary requirement for a table to be used in Power Map?
Ans: The primary requirement for the table is that it contains unique rows. It must also contain
location data, which can be in the form of a Latitude/Longitude pair, although this is not a
requirement. You can use address fields instead, such as Street, City, Country/Region, Zip
Code/Postal Code, and State/Province, which can be geolocated by Bing.
3.What is Power BI Designer?
Ans: It is a standalone application where we can make Power BI reports and then upload it to
Powerbi.com, it does not require Excel. It is a combination of Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power
View.
4. Can we refresh our Power BI reports once uploaded to cloud (Share point or Powebi.com)?
Ans: Yes, we can refresh our reports through Data Management gateway (for SharePoint), and
Power BI Personal gateway (for Powerbi.com).
5. What is data management gateway and Power BI personal gateway?
Ans: Gateway acts a bridge between on-premises data sources and Azure cloud services.
Personal Gateway:
• Import Only, Power BI Service Only, no central monitoring/managing.
• Can only be used by one person (personal); cannot allow others to use this gateway.
On-Premises Gateway:
• Import and Direct Query supported.
• Multiple users of the gateway for developing content. • Central monitoring and control.
6.What are many-to-many relationships and how can they be addressed in Power BI?
Ans: Many to Many relationships involve a bridge or junction table reflecting the combinations of
two dimensions (e.g., doctors and patients). Either all possible combinations or those combinations
that have occurred.
• Bi-Directional Cross filtering relationships can be used in PBIX.
• CROSSFILTER function can be used in Power Pivot for Excel.
• DAX can be used per metric to check and optionally modify the filter context.
7. How is data security implemented in Power BI?
Ans: Power BI can apply Row Level Security roles to models.
• A DAX expression is applied on a table filtering its rows at query time.
• Dynamic security involves the use of USERNAME functions in security role definitions.
• Typically, a table is created in the model that relates users to specific dimensions and a role.
8. How does SSRS integrate with Power BI?
Ans: Below are some of the way through which SSRS can be integrated with Power BI:
• Certain SSRS Report items such as charts can be pinned to Power BI dashboards.
• Clicking the tile in Power BI dashboards will bring the user to the SSRS report.
• A subscription is created to keep the dashboard tile refreshed.
• Power BI reports will soon be able to be published to SSRS portal.
9. What are the aggregation DAX functions?
Ans: - The aggregation functions are SUM, MIN, MAX, DIVIDE, AVERAGE and COUNT.
10. Difference between SUM & SUMX?
ANS: - SUM works on a single column vs SUMX can take the table as input.
· SUMX has row- context whereas SUM does not have.
·SUMX is an Iterative function whereas SUM is not.
11. Difference between Calculated Column and Measure?
ANS: - New Column in Power BI always follows row context (Performs the calculation row by row).
. New Column will be physically created in the Table and occupies the space in the file.
. New Measure will not create any column in the Table, will just executed whenever it is called. Hence
does not occupy the space in the file.
. New column faster than measure to execution.
12. How to Calculate MTD WTD and YTD in Power BI?
ANS:-
We can use DAX Formulas to find MTD, YTD and WTD as given below
YTD_Sales = CALCULATE(Sum(Sales[Sales_Product]),YEAR(Sales[CreatedDate])=YEAR(TODAY()))
MTD_Sales = CALCULATE(sum(Sales[Sales_Product]),MONTH(Sales[CreatedDate])=MONTH(TODAY()))
WTD_Sales =
CALCULATE(sum(Sales[Sales_Product]),WEEKNUM(Sales[CreatedDate])=WEEKNUM(TODAY()))
MOSTLY REPEATED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
1- What is Power Query, Power Pivot in Excel?
2- We want to create 2 calendars one regular calendar Jan to Dec and one Financial calendar April to
March how we will do this?
3- Which DAX functions you used in your work?
4- What is calendarauto() DAX function?
5- What is Calender Padels?
6- Difference between MAX() and MAXA()?
7- What is Dashboard in Power BI?
8- How many Dashboard you have created yet?
9-Did you use automation in Power BI?
10- Difference between Procedure and Function in SQL()?
11-Which version of SQL you are using?
12- Rate yourself in Power BI & SQL?
13- Difference between Table and View in SQL?
14- What is Temp Variable in SQL?
15- What is Temp Table in SQL?
16- Give any example for trigger in SQL?
17- what is Full Stack Search?
18- Index in SQL? Types of Index?
19- Clustering in SQL?
20- Partitioning in SQL?
1 – Did you use Power Query, Power View and Power Pivot?
2- Difference between Power Pivot and Power BI Desktop?
3- Explain bi-directional cross filtering?
4- What is velocity in memory?
5- Difference between Calculated Column and Measure?
6- In which scenario we will use calculated column and in which measure?
7- DAX Summarize() Q8-DAX Calculate()
9-DAX Datediff()
10-DAX EDate()
11- Diff b/w Union and Join?
12-Cross Join with Example?
13- which DAX function return True or False Value?
14- DAX ISLogical()?
15-DAX ISCrossfitler()
16-use of Gateways ??
