Reviewing Power BI Reports

Structured evaluation of Power BI reports to produce actionable feedback for developers and consultants. A report review assesses whether a report is effective, well-built, and actually being used. The output is a prioritized list of findings with concrete recommendations.

Note that the skill works on one of three scenarios:

1. Report under development: In this scenario, the focus is more on the report content, structure, organization, and performance based on accurately gathered requirements.
2. Report in testing: In this scenario, the focus might incorporate user feedback or check basic information about the deployed report in Power BI / Fabric.
3. Report in use: This is the ideal scenario, where the focus is usage; the ultimate definition of success is whether the report is being used; what percentage of the people who have access to the report have accessed it in the last 28 days, and how much? Bad reports aren't used, or have declining usage.

In scenario 2-3 you may still provide feedback on the report content / structure, but prioritizing other things first.

When to Use

Activate when conducting a report review, audit, or health check. Common triggers:

• Reviewing report quality before a release or handoff
• Assessing whether existing reports are worth maintaining
• Identifying optimization opportunities across a workspace
• Evaluating report design and data presentation effectiveness
• Investigating report performance issues

Review Dimensions

A comprehensive report review evaluates six dimensions. Not every review needs all six -- scope to what the user needs.

1. Usage and Adoption

The most objective signal of report value. A report that nobody views is a maintenance liability regardless of its design quality.

Retrieve usage data with the scripts in scripts/:

# Workspace overview (views, rank, page views, load times)
python3 scripts/get_report_usage.py -w <workspace-id>