Fold on tight - Understanding Power BI Query folding in 20 minutes!

2022

TL; DR

You will learn what is query folding, in which scenarios Power BI will apply it, and how you, as a Power BI developer, can benefit from understanding this concept.

Session Details

"Will that break a query folding?"..."Does your query fold?"...Maybe someone asked you those questions, but you were like: "Query...Whaaaat?!" Or, maybe you've heard about query folding, but didn't know how to take advantage of it in real-life scenarios. If you recognized yourself in (at least) one of the two situations specified above, then this session has your name written all over it! You will learn what is query folding, in which scenarios Power BI will apply it, and how you, as a Power BI developer, can benefit from understanding this concept.

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