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I see lots of chatter on Twitter and other media about the use of “small multiples” as a great way to communicate information across different subsets of data – yes Jeff Weir(d), that means you. I thought I would write a quick article about the concept to draw your awareness […]Read More » This post […]
This post first appeared at https://exceleratorbi.com.au/small-multiples-using-zebra-bi-custom-visuals/. The author is Matt AllingtonWe are pleased to announce the new page view option for Paginated Reports is now available in the Power BI service. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/page-view-for-paginated-reports-now-available-in-power-bi/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/page-view-for-paginated-reports-now-available-in-power-bi/. The author isLimit The Amount Of Data You Work With In Power BI Desktop Using Parameters And Deployment Pipelines
If you’re working with large amounts of data in Power BI you may find that you have problems because: Your pbix file is very large This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/cXz1XmmwYGE/. The author is Chris WebbRead More
This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/cXz1XmmwYGE/. The author is Chris WebbYou asked for the sessions, and we’ve got them for you! View over 50 great sessions from the Microsoft Business Applications Summit 2020. Here’s the Power Platform sessions quick reference blog This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-business-applications-summit-2020-power-platform-sessions-quick-reference/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-business-applications-summit-2020-power-platform-sessions-quick-reference/. The author isIn the April release of Power BI Desktop the Power Query Query Diagnostics feature was enhanced so that you can now return performance counter data. As the blog post says: When you run performance counters, every half second Power Query will take a snapshot of resource utilization. This isn’t useful for very fast queries but […]
This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/UfuNousVjZw/. The author is Chris WebbWe are excited to announced general availability (GA) of shared and certified datasets in Power BI. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-ga-of-shared-and-certified-datasets-in-power-bi/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-general-availability-ga-of-shared-and-certified-datasets-in-power-bi/. The author isEarlier this week, Microsoft announced that Azure Synapse Analytics, the next generation of Azure SQL Data warehouse, is now available for public preview. Azure Synapse provides incredible performance over large data volumes and has built-in capabilities for data ingestion, data preparation, machine learning, and visualization, while accelerating time to value and reducing TCO. And it […]
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-synapse-analytics-public-preview/. The author isMay release of gateway This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-may-2020-update-is-now-available/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/on-premises-data-gateway-may-2020-update-is-now-available/. The author isRefresh Summaries Announcement This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-refresh-summary-for-premium-capacity-admins/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-refresh-summary-for-premium-capacity-admins/. The author isWe have lots of great updates this release! We’re super excited to announce this month that both the decomposition tree and drill through button actions are now generally available. On top of this, we have several new features and updates that will really enrich your reporting: curate featured tables for Excel, new Apply button for […]
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-may-2020-feature-summary/. The author isWe’ve got another PBI Community recap for you! This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/april-2020-community-highlights/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/april-2020-community-highlights/. The author isWe are very pleased to announce the availability of the Power BI Premium Capacity Metrics App as a template app. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-premium-capacity-metrics-app-as-a-template-app/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-premium-capacity-metrics-app-as-a-template-app/. The author isIn Power BI, you can now use service principals to automate common tasks such as deploying models, performing a data refresh, and applying model changes. Permissions are assigned to service principals through workspace membership, much like regular user accounts. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-support-for-service-principals-using-the-xmla-endpoint-in-power-bi-premium/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-support-for-service-principals-using-the-xmla-endpoint-in-power-bi-premium/. The author isWe’re excited to announce new developer samples for Power BI embedded analytics. These new samples should help developers get up and running quickly in a variety of programing languages and frameworks, and provide examples of REST APIs calls from different programing languages. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-developer-samples-for-power-bi-embedded/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/new-developer-samples-for-power-bi-embedded/. The author isWe are happy to announce the public preview release of Power BI Deployment Pipelines, a new and improved way for BI teams to manage content lifecycle within Power BI Premium. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-deployment-pipelines-preview/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-power-bi-deployment-pipelines-preview/. The author isIt can sometimes be frustrating to work with slow data sources or complex Power Query queries in Power BI Desktop: you open the Power Query Editor, make some changes, click Close & Apply and then wait a loooong time for your data to refresh. In this post I’m going to show you a technique that […]
This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/jrnM7h1PLJI/. The author is Chris WebbVeolia, a French transnational environmental service company, created a dedicated portal for customer insights and analytics built using embedded Power BI reports. Underpinning these Power BI reports is Azure data architecture. This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/how-veolia-improves-customer-experiences-with-power-bi-and-azure/. The author is Read More
This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/how-veolia-improves-customer-experiences-with-power-bi-and-azure/. The author isThere was a very subtle but important change made in the April 2020 release of Power BI Desktop that you may have missed. Take a look in the format pane on the right in the … Expression Based Formatting in DAX Read More This post first appeared at https://exceleratorbi.com.au/expression-based-formatting-in-dax/. The author is Matt AllingtonRead More
This post first appeared at https://exceleratorbi.com.au/expression-based-formatting-in-dax/. The author is Matt AllingtonFollow @gilra In case you watched the MBAS virtual summit sessions, you might saw me in minute 11:11 of the keynote session here. I was recently recognized by Microsoft as a Fast Track Solution Architect (Find all recognized Power Platform architects here). According to Microsoft, and I quote: “This prestigious recognition is conferred by the […]
This post first appeared at https://datachant.com/2020/05/11/fasttrack-recognized-solution-architect/. The author is Gil RavivIf you’ve ever used DAX Formatter to format your DAX code and wondered why there isn’t an equivalent for Power Query/M, then wonder no more: the nice people at Power Pivot Insights in Germany (read their German-language blog here) have built one. You can find it here: https://powerqueryformatter.com/ This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/FVHzPj8CBNw/. The author […]
This post first appeared at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/Cpjz/~3/FVHzPj8CBNw/. The author is Chris Webb