Tuning Power BI Copilot with AI Instructions
Proposed session for SQLBits 2026TL; DR
A deep dive into tuning Power BI Copilot AI Instructions, including:
What can you put in them?
What *should* you put in them?
How should you structure them?
How can you test whether they are actually making answers better?
Session Details
If you want Power BI Copilot to return the best possible answers you'll need to add AI Instructions. But what can you put in them? What *should* you put in them? How should you structure them? How can you test whether they are actually making answers better? Find out in this deep, demo-heavy technical session that goes beyond the basics and shares best practices gathered from real customer implementations.
3 things you'll get out of this session
Learn:
* What you can and can't do with AI Instructions
* What you should and shouldn't put in your AI Instructions
* How you can test whether changes to your AI Instructions actually produce better results from Copilot
Speakers
Chris Webb's other proposed sessions for 2026
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Performance tuning Dataflows Gen2 - 2026
Secrets of Power BI Performance Analyzer - 2026
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