Outcome signal
90s to 7s average load time
Load time dropped to 7 seconds through dataset and SQL logic changes
Case Study Retail March 2024
Retail Dashboard Performance Tuning
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Summary
What changed, in short
Average dashboard load time dropped from 90 seconds to 7 seconds, restoring usability across five departments.
Outcome-first metrics
Outcome-first metrics
Focus
Dashboard performance tuning
Industry: Retail
My role
Dataset redesign and SQL optimization
Tools: Power BI, SQL, DAX
Problem
What needed to change
A retail analytics dashboard used by five departments loaded in over 90 seconds, making it impractical for daily decision-making.
Context / Constraints
What shaped the work
Industry context: Retail. Primary focus: Performance Tuning. The scope and sequencing were shaped by concrete delivery constraints.
- 90-second dashboard load time across five departments
Approach
How the work was handled
Redesigned the dataset structure and optimized SQL query logic to remove the primary performance bottlenecks.
Outcome
What changed in practice
Average dashboard load time dropped from 90 seconds to 7 seconds, restoring usability across five departments.
- Average dashboard load time dropped from 90 seconds to 7 seconds.
- The optimization applied across analytics used by five departments.
- The improvement came from dataset redesign and SQL logic changes.
My Role
Where I contributed most
Dataset redesign and SQL optimization
Trade-offs / Lessons
Choices, constraints, and what mattered
- Redesigned the dataset structure to remove performance bottlenecks.
- Optimized SQL query logic to improve execution speed.
- Focused the work on analytics used daily across five departments.
Additional Notes
Extra implementation detail
Highlights
- Reduced average dashboard load time from 90 seconds to 7 seconds.
- Optimization applied across analytics used daily by five departments.
- Improvement came from dataset redesign and SQL logic changes, not infrastructure scaling.
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