Best-practice analysis (reports + models)

Run the bundled rule pack over your reports and models — implicit measures, anti-patterns, missing relationships, naming issues — and get a prioritised list of fixes.

Feature facts

Available in

✓Free✓Enterprise✓Automation

Where in the app

Best practices tab inside the model / report detail view, after running a scan

Prerequisites

Local analysis — the Power BI file (.pbix / .pbip) must be open in Power BI Desktop, and Measure Killer attaches to that running instance
Service / online analysis — Enterprise licence for shared models in the Power BI Service, or MK Automation for scheduled tenant-wide runs

Permissions required

Local analysis — none beyond Power BI Desktop on your machine
Online / tenant analysis — same as the underlying scan (Contributor / Viewer on the workspaces in scope, or Fabric Administrator for a full tenant pass)

Limited tenant analysis

Supported

Free trial

AvailableEvery bundled best-practice rule works in every edition — free, paid Enterprise, and trial — with no restriction. Custom best-practice rules are on the roadmap and will be a paid feature (no ETA yet). Trial licences cannot export the findings (Excel, JSON exports are gated until a paid key is applied).

What you get

TODO: 2–3 sentences — describe the rule pack, severity levels, what kind of issues are detected (implicit measures, missing PK/FK relationships, auto-date-table, oversized columns, naming, etc.).

Run the analysis

TODO: step-by-step — open a model, click “Best practices”, read the result list, jump to the offending object.

What’s coming

TODO: customisable best-practice rules — currently on the roadmap (see compare matrix). Update this section when shipped.

Common workflows

TODO: 2–3 workflows — e.g. “Pre-deploy review checklist”, “Triage a model handed over from another team”, “Bulk-clean a tenant after a scan”.

What to do with the findings

TODO: exports, fixing in-place via the desktop app, sharing the rule report.

TODO: link to /docs/concepts/implicit-measures, /docs/how-tos/find-unused-measures.