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Question #: 3
Topic #: 1

For the sales department at your company, you publish a Power BI report that imports data from a Microsoft Excel file located in a Microsoft SharePoint folder.
The data model contains several measures.
You need to create a Power BI report from the existing data. The solution must minimize development effort.
Which type of data source should you use?

A. Power BI dataset
B. a SharePoint folder
C. Power BI dataflows
D. an Excel workbook

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by d94949999 at Sept. 6, 2022, 8:04 a.m.

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Nomios

Highly Voted 9 months ago

It should be dataset, because the case states there is already a report published and the datamodel contains measures. therefore and to be able to use the measures in the datamodel you should connect to the existing dataset (which was created when you plublished the report) instead of starting from scratch with the files in the SharePoint folder.

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NatRob

2 years, 7 months ago

After reading the question multiple times, the biggest takeaway is that its asking directly for data. A SharePoint folder HOLDS data, but it is not data itself. I agree with this and think its the existing dataset

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Hoeishetmogelijk

2 years, 6 months ago

The question is confusing because it doesn't tell clearly that there are two reports. So the second report can reuse the dataset of the first one.

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bbshu0801

2 years, 5 months ago

Yea, I think so.

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ZSun

1 year, 11 months ago

I think the question is clear: Publish the first report, and then create the second report from dataset of the first report

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LOCOBI

1 year, 3 months ago

The question also implies that there is a report already created, so using the PBI dataset will include the calculated metrics

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cabbagepie

2 years, 3 months ago

can you provide documentation/reference links on this please?

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5d477b6

8 months, 2 weeks ago

You can check the semantic model, they changed the name from dataset to semantic model.

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Green13

1 year, 8 months ago

The answer is Sharepoint folder. The data model was for the previously published PowerBi report. Creating a new report from existing data refers to all Sales data on the sharepoint folder.

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rashjan

Highly Voted 2 years, 9 months ago

Selected Answer: A

reuse the existing dataset.

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Geetster

Most Recent 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Selected Answer: A

It contains measures

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Humphrey42

1 month ago

Selected Answer: A

A is correct

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Manasdextrous

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

We have to use the base dataset to make a report not the power bi published dasboard data which is been added into the power bi cached files.

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MirianeAn

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: C

Dossier Sharepoint, car le fichier Excel utilisé se trouve dans un dossier Sharepoint

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Hosna2023

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

By using a Power BI dataset, you can reuse the existing data model—including all the measures—in your new report without having to recreate them, which minimizes development effort.

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tecnoyescas

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

Its a power bi dataset because youre using the same data, it just take some clicks to connect to the semantic model.

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Sonuf

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: D

MOST WEBSITES HAS THIS ANSWER AS D

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ThandaPanda11

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

resuing existing data to get the measures that are already created is best

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Jaitin

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

power bi datasets are most common appoach to reuse single data for multiple reports

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rcaliandro

10 months, 1 week ago

Selected Answer: A

The correct answer is A-Power BI dataset (now has benn renamed as Power BI semantic models)

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NilinET

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: A

Dataset has been renamed to semantic model, so PBI dataset should be equivalent to PBI Semantic model. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/connect-data/service-datasets-rename Back to the question, for the purpose of minimizing development effort, by using an existing semantic model may save time from clear, transform and load the data source.

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