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PL-300 · Question #170

You have an imported dataset that contains the following tables: Date Product Customer SalesFact You need to reduce the size of the dataset before you publish it. The solution must minimize the number

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Submitted by kev92· Apr 18, 2026Prepare the data

Question

You have an imported dataset that contains the following tables:

Date Product Customer SalesFact You need to reduce the size of the dataset before you publish it. The solution must minimize the number of tables in the dataset. What should you do?

Options

  • AMark the Date table as the date table for the model.
  • BChange the storage mode of all the tables to DirectQuery.
  • CReplace DAX calculated columns with Power Query equivalents.
  • DSummarize data at the month level in the SalesFact query.

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Topics

#Dataset optimization#Power Query#Calculated columns#Data model efficiency
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