Yoda Response: Certainly, Avi. I have encountered various challenges while working with BI tools and reports, and I would be happy to share an example. One particular issue I faced was related to performance in a BI report for an energy-based company. The report was experiencing slow performance due to the large volume of data and the complexity of merging data from different tables.

To address this issue, I implemented a solution that involved gathering the data and moving it to data flows. I created quarter-based data, where the report would only load the data for the current quarter and the previous years. This approach significantly reduced the data load and improved the performance of the report. While the data for other quarters was still accessible, it was not loaded in real-time, but rather showed a static copy. This allowed users to compare various metrics within the loaded data for the current quarter.

Another example relates to a user requirement for inserting comments from within the live report. To fulfill this requirement, I connected the report to a SharePoint list and used PowerApps to enable users to enter comments for specific sales or years. The comments were saved in SharePoint and then reflected back in the report. To ensure optimal performance, I moved the data from Excel to a SQL server with read and write capacity, leveraging an existing database. This allowed users to enter and modify sales targets according to specific years.

In both cases, I was able to troubleshoot the issues by implementing innovative solutions that addressed the specific challenges while maintaining the performance and functionality of the BI tools and reports.

Please let me know if you would like any further details or examples.