CertyFAST by MAQ Software

Certify your Power BI reports

5 minutes to read   |   Posted: 27th May 2024

CertyFAST by MAQ Software is a tool designed to improve the development and review process of Power BI models and reports. This tool helps team members easily identify common mistakes in the Power BI model and assists developers in formatting DAX measures used in the report. Additionally, it assists in documenting the model with a single click, simplifying the process of identifying the fields used in various visuals and ensuring the reports adhere to organizational best practices.

About CertyFAST

With the increasing adoption of Power BI and the trend towards self-serve reporting, many organizations are dealing with large enterprise models with multiple tables and measures. This scale can make it challenging for developers or reviewers to perform comprehensive checks for the entire model, potentially leading to sub-optimal deliverables.

As Power BI grows in use, organizations also face challenges related to governance, user experience, report performance, brand consistency, use of custom components, and solution architecture. CertyFAST by MAQ Software addresses these issues by enabling basic checks with a single click, highlighting gaps in the overall model against industry best practices and ensuring quality and adherence to standards in Power BI solutions.

Existing process adopted by our customers

Currently, developers often use multiple external tools to cover various aspects of the development stage. Despite this, they still need to manually analyze/sanity check large models to identify deviations from best practices. There is lack of a comprehensive tool that addresses both the analysis of the Power BI data model and report visualization.

Drawbacks of implementing uncertified reports

  • Experience performance degradation: Errors can lead to slow-loading reports, consuming more resources and affecting the user experience.
  • Risk misguided decision making: Inaccurate reports misguide decision-making and reduce stakeholder trust in data reliability.
  • Increase maintenance overhead: Frequent fixes and updates increase maintenance efforts, diverting focus from development.
  • Raise security concerns: Improperly managed reports risk exposing sensitive data and violating access controls.
  • Face compliance risks: Non-compliance with best practices may result in audit failures and legal repercussions.

Key Business Challenges solved by CertyFAST:

  • High manual effort: Minimize the effort required to analyze entire data models and reports by using one consolidated tool to perform various checks and fixes.
  • Deviations from best practices: Identify deviations from industry best practices related to model and report design. Please look at the Insights window of CertyFAST below to explore this capability.



  • Lack of field lineage clarity: Understand how each field in your semantic model influences report visuals, ensuring a holistic understanding of their impact across the entire report. Please look at the lineage window of CertyFAST below to explore this capability.



  • Visual alignment issues: Highlight visual alignment problems in the report that can affect the user experience. Please look at the alignment window of CertyFAST below to explore this capability.



  • Inconsistent documentation: Have detailed documentation of semantic model and report visuals, helping developers to create knowledge documents consistently and easily. Please look at the documentation window of CertyFAST below to explore this capability.



Benefits of using CertyFAST:

  • Increases efficiency: Automates the review process, reducing the time and effort required to identify mistakes, format DAX measures, and create knowledge base documents.
  • Ensures quality assurance: Provides insights and actively ensures your Power BI solutions are of the highest quality and in line with organizational standards.
  • Maintains consistency: Ensures every visual communicates with clarity and adheres to your brand’s visual standards for a consistently polished presentation.
  • Enforces governance: Enforces governance standards in Power BI solutions, ensuring organizational policies are seamlessly integrated and upheld.
  • Improves user experience: Elevates the user’s report experience by formatting discrepancies and catching spelling errors.
  • Provides documentation: Delivers a one-click solution to comprehensively document your Power BI model and report pages, ensuring every detail is captured.
  • Streamlines scalability: Streamlines the management of complex enterprise models and reports for organizations scaling their Power BI deployments, ensuring scalability alongside sustained optimization and performance.

Say goodbye to the limitations & inconsistencies and embrace a new era of certifying your reports with the capabilities of CertyFAST.


Streamline your Power BI development and download CertyFAST today. Contact us at CustomerSuccess@MAQSoftware.com for any inquiries.