by Chris Webb | Jan 13, 2019 | Chris Webb
I have already blogged in great detail many times about Power BI/Power Query data privacy settings (see this series for example) but there’s always something new to learn. Recently I was asked a question by Ian Eckert about how Power BI handles data privacy for cloud...
by Chris Webb | Jan 12, 2019 | Chris Webb
If you’re learning Power BI and you want to deepen your understanding of its data transformation and loading functionality, the Power Query engine and the M language, I’m doing one-day pre-conference seminars on this subject at three conferences over the next few...
by Chris Webb | Jan 7, 2019 | Chris Webb
I’m pleased to announce that the updated version of my Power BI video training course is now available via my friends at Project Botticelli. You can find out more and purchase it here:...
by Chris Webb | Jan 4, 2019 | Chris Webb
A few weeks ago I received a great tip from Simon Nuss about a Power Query feature relating to ODBC data sources that I hadn’t seen before (although it’s in Power BI Desktop and Excel 365, so it can’t be that new) and which is potentially important for the performance...
by Chris Webb | Dec 30, 2018 | Chris Webb
Every year, on the anniversary of the first-ever post on this blog, I write a post summarising my thoughts on what’s happening in the world of Microsoft BI and what I’m up to professionally. This year, rather than go on about how Power BI is taking over the world...
by Chris Webb | Dec 27, 2018 | Chris Webb
I have known for a long time that data privacy checks can have an impact on the performance of data refresh in Power BI and Excel, but on a recent performance tuning engagement I had the chance to observe just how much of a difference changing these settings can make....
