by Chris Webb | Dec 30, 2021 | Chris Webb
Every year, on the anniversary of the first-ever post on this blog, I write a post reflecting on what has happened to me professionally in the past year. In the past this has meant I’ve written about learning some new technology or language (yes, DAX and M were new...
by Matt Allington | Dec 24, 2021 | Excelerator BI
As is often the case, the inspiration for many of my blog articles comes from my experiences working with clients. Today I was on a call with a client in the USA who is still very early into his PowerBI.com journey. I noticed that he had a Power BI Premium...
by Chris Webb | Dec 23, 2021 | Chris Webb
If you’re using Power BI in DirectQuery mode against a SQL Server-related data source (ie SQL Server on-prem, Azure SQL DB or Synapse) you may have noticed a new feature that was released a few weeks ago: query labels that allow you to link a SQL query to the Power BI...
by Chris Webb | Dec 17, 2021 | Chris Webb
As a postscript to my series on Power BI refresh timeouts (see part 1, part 2 and part 3) I thought it would be useful to document how I was able to simulate a slow data source in Power BI without using large data volumes or deliberately complex M code. It’s...
by Paul Hansen | Dec 17, 2021 | Power BI
Quickly hydrate your large models in Power BI Premium & Pro with on-demand loading! This post first appeared at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-on-demand-loading-capabilities-for-large-models-in-power-bi/. The author is Read...