DP-600 Sample Questions Answers

You should use CREATE VIEW to make the pricing group logic available for T-SQL queries.

The CASE statement should be used to determine the pricing group based on the list price.

The T-SQL statement should create a view that classifies products into pricing groups based on the list price. The CASE statement is the correct conditional logic to assign each product to the appropriate pricing group. This view will standardize the pricing group logic across different databases and semantic models.

Data Engineers: Read All SQL analytics endpoint data

Data Analysts: Read All Apache Spark

Data Scientists: Read All SQL analytics endpoint data

The permissions for the data store in the AnalyticsPOC workspace should align with the principle of least privilege:

Data Engineers need read and write access but not to datasets or reports.

Data Analysts require read access specifically to the dimensional model objects and the ability to create Power BI reports.

Data Scientists need read access via Spark notebooks. These settings ensure each role has the necessary permissions to fulfill their responsibilities without exceeding their required access level.

The measure should use the AVERAGE function to calculate the average value.

It should reference the Response Value column from the 'Survey' table.

The 'Number of months' should be used to define the period for the average calculation.

To calculate the average overall satisfaction score using DAX, you would need to use the AVERAGE function on the response values related to satisfaction questions. The DATESINPERIOD function will help in calculating the rolling average over the last 12 months.

A lakehouse (C) should be recommended for the AnalyticsPOC workspace. It combines the capabilities of a data warehouse with the flexibility of a data lake. A lakehouse supports semi-structured and unstructured data and allows for T-SQL and Python read access, fulfilling the technical requirements outlined for Litware. References = For further understanding, Microsoft's documentation on the lakehouse architecture provides insights into how it supports various data types and analytical operations.

For the semantic model design required for the customer satisfaction report, the choices for data source authentication method and mode should be made based on security and performance considerations as per the case study provided.

Authentication method: The data should be accessed securely, and given that row-level security (RLS) is required for users executing T-SQL queries, you should use an authentication method that supports RLS. Service principal authentication is suitable for automated and secure access to the data, especially when the access needs to be controlled programmatically and is not tied to a specific user's credentials.

Mode: The report needs to show data as soon as it is updated in the data store, and it should only contain data from the current and previous year. DirectQuery mode allows for real-time reporting without importing data into the model, thus meeting the need for up-to-date data. It also allows for RLS to be implemented and enforced at the data source level, providing the necessary security measures.

Based on these considerations, the selections should be:

Authentication method: Service principal authentication

Mode: DirectQuery

To meet the technical requirement that data loading activities must ensure the raw and cleansed data is updated completely before populating the dimensional model, you would need a mechanism that allows for ordered execution. A pipeline in Microsoft Fabric with dependencies set between activities can ensure that activities are executed in a specific sequence. Once set up, the pipeline can be scheduled to run at the required intervals (hourly or daily depending on the data source).

The PoC is planned to be completed using a Fabric trial capacity, which implies that users involved in the PoC should be able to try paid features. However, this should be limited to specific security groups involved in the PoC to prevent the entire organization from accessing these features before the trial is proven successful (A). The ability for users to create Fabric items should also be enabled for specific security groups to ensure that only the relevant team members participating in the PoC can create items in the Fabric environment (E).

Both a dataflow (A) and a Stored procedure activity in a pipeline (B) are capable of creating and populating a date dimension table. A dataflow can perform the transformation needed to create the date dimension, and it aligns with the preference for using low-code tools for data ingestion when possible. A Stored procedure could be written to generate the necessary date dimension data and executed within a pipeline, which also adheres to the technical requirements for the PoC.

To prevent new tables added to Lakehouse1 from being automatically added to the default semantic model, you should configure the semantic model settings. There should be an option within the settings of the semantic model to include or exclude new tables by default. By adjusting these settings, you can control the automatic inclusion of new tables.

Based on the duration breakdown provided, the major contributor to the rendering duration is categorized as "Other," which is significantly higher than DAX Query and Visual display times. This suggests that the issue is less likely with the DAX calculation or visual rendering times and more likely related to model performance or the complexity of the visual. However, of the options provided, optimizing the DAX query can be a crucial step, even if "Other" factors are dominant. Using DAX Studio, you can analyze and optimize the DAX queries that power your visuals for performance improvements. Here’s how you might proceed:

Open DAX Studio and connect it to your Power BI report.

Capture the DAX query generated by the Orders By Date visual.

Use the Performance Analyzer feature within DAX Studio to analyze the query.

Look for inefficiencies or long-running operations.

Optimize the DAX query by simplifying measures, removing unnecessary calculations, or improving iterator functions.

Test the optimized query to ensure it reduces the overall duration.

You should complete the code as follows:

Table

NativeQuery

EnableFolding

In Power Query, using Table before the SQL statement ensures that the result of the SQL query is treated as a table. NativeQuery allows a native database query to be passed through from Power Query to the source database. The EnableFolding option ensures that any subsequent transformations that can be folded will be sent back and executed at the source database (Microsoft SQL Server engine in this case).

The Spark engine will read only the 'SalesOrderNumber', 'OrderDate', 'CustomerName', 'UnitPrice' columns from Sales_raw.csv. - Yes

Removing the partition will reduce the execution time of the query. - No

Adding inferSchema='true' to the options will increase the execution time of the query. - Yes

The code specifies the selection of certain columns, which means only those columns will be read into the DataFrame. Partitions in Spark are a way to optimize the execution of queries by organizing the data into parts that can be processed in parallel. Removing the partition could potentially increase the execution time because Spark would no longer be able to process the data in parallel efficiently. The inferSchema option allows Spark to automatically detect the column data types, which can increase the execution time of the initial read operation because it requires Spark to read through the data to infer the schema.

o add new data to the Delta table while meeting the specified requirements:

You should use the append mode to ensure that all new data is added to the table without affecting the existing rows.

You should set the mergeSchema option to true to allow the schema of the Delta table to be updated with the new columns found in the DataFrame.

The completed code would look like this:

df.write.format("delta").mode("append")

option("mergeSchema", "true")

saveAsTable("Lakehouse1.TableName")

For users to create and publish custom Direct Lake semantic models using external tools, following the principle of least privilege, the actions to be included are enabling XMLA Endpoints (A), editing data models in Power BI service (C), and setting XMLA Endpoint to Read-Write in the capacity settings (D). References = More information can be found in the Admin portal of the Power BI service documentation, detailing tenant and capacity settings.

The results will form a hierarchy of folders for each partition key. - Yes

The resulting file partitions can be read in parallel across multiple nodes. - Yes

The resulting file partitions will use file compression. - No

Partitioning data by columns such as year, month, and day, as shown in the DataFrame write operation, organizes the output into a directory hierarchy that reflects the partitioning structure. This organization can improve the performance of read operations, as queries that filter by the partitioned columns can scan only the relevant directories. Moreover, partitioning facilitates parallelism because each partition can be processed independently across different nodes in a distributed system like Spark. However, the code snippet provided does not explicitly specify that file compression should be used, so we cannot assume that the output will be compressed without additional context.

References =

DataFrame write partitionBy

Apache Spark optimization with partitioning

To convert CSV files into the delta format with Z-Order optimization enabled, you should use the Optimize feature (D) from Lakehouse Explorer. This will allow you to optimize the file organization for the most efficient querying. References = The process for converting and optimizing file formats within a lakehouse is discussed in the lakehouse management documentation.

User-defined aggregations (A) and query caching (C) are two features that can help reduce query execution time. User-defined aggregations allow precalculation of large datasets, and query caching stores the results of queries temporarily to speed up future queries. References = Microsoft Power BI documentation on performance optimization offers in-depth knowledge on these features.

To identify surrogate key columns with the "Summarize By" property set to a value other than "None," the Best Practice Analyzer in Tabular Editor is the most efficient tool. The Best Practice Analyzer can analyze the entire model and provide a report on all columns that do not meet a specified best practice, such as having the "Summarize By" property set correctly for surrogate key columns. Here's how you would proceed:

Open your Power BI model in Tabular Editor.

Go to the Advanced Scripting window.

Write or use an existing script that checks the "Summarize By" property of each column.

Execute the script to get a report on the surrogate key columns that do not have their "Summarize By" property set to "None".

You can then review and adjust the properties of the columns directly within the Tabular Editor.

The pickupLongitude column has duplicate values. This can be inferred because the 'Distinct count' is 935 while the 'Count' is 1000, indicating that there are repeated values within the column. References = Microsoft Power BI documentation on data profiling could provide further insights into understanding and interpreting column statistics like these.

For ingesting customer data into the data store in the AnalyticsPOC workspace, a dataflow (D) should be recommended. Dataflows are designed within the Power BI service to ingest, cleanse, transform, and load data into the Power BI environment. They allow for the low-code ingestion and transformation of data as needed by Litware's technical requirements. References = You can learn more about dataflows and their use in Power BI environments in Microsoft's Power BI documentation.