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You create a Power BI report named Summary1. You discover that Summary1 is slow. You run Performance analyzer to identify performance metrics for Summary1. Which two metrics display the execution…

The correct answer is B. DAX query E. Visual display. In Power BI's Performance Analyzer, the 'DAX query' and 'Visual display' metrics show the execution duration for visuals.

Submitted by viktor_hu· Apr 18, 2026

Question

You create a Power BI report named Summary1. You discover that Summary1 is slow. You run Performance analyzer to identify performance metrics for Summary1. Which two metrics display the execution duration in Performance analyzer? Each correct answer present part of the solution. NOTE: Each correct answer is worth one point.

Options

  • ATop Operations
  • BDAX query
  • CServer requests
  • DDependencies
  • EVisual display

How the community answered

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  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    72% (23)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    19% (6)

Why each option

In Power BI's Performance Analyzer, the 'DAX query' and 'Visual display' metrics show the execution duration for visuals.

ATop Operations

'Top Operations' is not a specific metric for execution duration within the Performance Analyzer details for a visual.

BDAX queryCorrect

The 'DAX query' metric in Performance Analyzer provides the time taken for the visual's underlying DAX query to execute against the data model, indicating data retrieval and calculation efficiency.

CServer requests

'Server requests' primarily refers to the time taken for queries to external data sources in DirectQuery mode, not a universal execution duration for all visuals or scenarios.

DDependencies

'Dependencies' indicates what other queries or elements a visual relies on, not a direct measure of its execution duration.

EVisual displayCorrect

The 'Visual display' metric represents the time required for the visual itself to render on the report page, encompassing the time spent drawing all visual elements after data processing is complete.

Concept tested: Power BI Performance Analyzer metrics

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-performance-analyzer

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