How to work with web information, maps, and images in Power BI
In this article, you will learn how you can add the map and image visuals to your Power BI report and have them update as you select different data values.
2023-01-16
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Bucket Sort Algorithm in Python to Sort a List of Array Values
Learn about how to implement a simple bucket sort algorithm using Python code to sort a list of array values.
2023-01-16
How to Find Missing Rows in a Table
When someone says, “Find all the rows that have been deleted,” it’s a lot easier when the table has an Id/Identity column. Let’s take the Stack Overflow Users table:
2023-01-16
Using pre-commit to prevent simple mistakes
Git hooks are a useful way of triggering code quality scripts. The pre-commit tool provides us with a way of doing this and tapping into the huge library of scripts already in existence to ensure our code complies with general linting and formatting good practice.
2023-01-13
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Database Sharding to help Improve Performance and Maintenance Tasks
In this article, we will review the benefits and drawbacks of using database partitioning (sharding) to help improve performance and maintenance tasks.
2023-01-13
How to Create a Box and Whisker Plot in Power BI Desktop
In this article, we look at how to build a box and whisker plot chart using Power BI Desktop with a step-by-step walkthrough.
2023-01-13
Translate Text Data using Azure Cognitive Services
Learn the basics of the Text Translation services in Azure Cognitive Services.
2023-01-11
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Subqueries in MySQL
A subquery is a type of query that is embedded—or nested—into a data manipulation language (DML) statement. The subquery itself is typically a SELECT statement, although you can also use a TABLE statement or VALUES statement. Even so, the SELECT statement continues to be the most common choice for subqueries, and that’s the one I focus on in this article.
2023-01-11
Useful Commands for Snowflake Transactions
In this article, we look at how to create transactions when using Snowflake along with several commands specific to working with transactions.
2023-01-11
How to Create a Power BI report using MySQL data
Introduction In this article, we will learn to create a Power BI report using MySQL data. The article will teach us to use the MySQL Workbench (something like the SSMS, but for MySQL). We will do the following in this article. First, we will connect and create a database in MySQL. Secondly, we will create a […]
2023-01-09
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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