What is gateway performance impact in Power BI?

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Gateway performance impacts how efficiently data refresh and DirectQuery requests connect to on-premise sources.
In one project, slow gateway CPU and memory caused delayed dataset refresh.
When multiple reports refreshed simultaneously, gateway became a bottleneck.
Network latency between gateway and database also affected performance.
Large data pulls increased gateway processing time.
Improper gateway configuration led to intermittent refresh failures.
We optimized by scheduling staggered refresh and upgrading gateway resources.
So gateway performance directly affects refresh speed and report reliability.

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