Get a Load of this - Realistic Load Testing for Power BI, explained!
summary
Shows a concrete workflow using the open-source Realistic Load Test tool (forked PowerShell scripts) to spin up multiple browser windows, simulate bookmarks and slicers, and record per-refresh timings into Excel and a Power BI report. Requires admin PowerShell and an AAD token (60 min), advises not to exceed physical CPU cores; demo runs four concurrent users and reports a 3.65s average, while a real incident generated >2,000 requests and stalled capacity. Also demos spinning an F2 fabric capacity up and pausing it.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Realistic load testing intro
- 1:14What load testing is
- 3:44Load vs stress testing
- 5:26Load testing before production
- 8:36Preparing for load testing
- 10:43Realistic Load Test tool
- 12:49First automated load test demo
- 14:32Testing a Power BI report
- 22:24Bookmarks and filters for scenarios
- 26:06Azure Fabric capacity testing
- 31:59Advanced use cases
- 36:13Future improvements
- 37:17Summary
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