Power Query ODBC bug affecting date calculations
I was working on an imported Power BI semantic model, adding some fiscal year calculations to my date table. The date table was sourced from a view in Databricks...
2024-04-02
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Your gradient fill bar charts in Power BI have poor color contrast, but you can fix them
Since conditional formatting was released for Power BI, I have seen countless examples of bar charts that have a gradient color fill. If you aren’t careful about the gradient...
2024-02-07 (first published: 2024-01-23)
184 reads
Switching between different active physical relationships in a Power BI model
A couple of weeks ago, I encountered a DAX question that I had not previously considered. They had a situation where there were two paths between two tables: on...
2024-01-24 (first published: 2024-01-09)
488 reads
Your gradient fill bar charts in Power BI have poor color contrast, but you can fix them
Since conditional formatting was released for Power BI, I have seen countless examples of bar charts that have a gradient color fill. If you aren’t careful about the gradient...
2024-01-23
12 reads
Update Azure SQL database and storage account public endpoint firewalls with Data Factory IP ranges
While a private endpoint and vNets are preferred, sometimes we need to configure Azure SQL Database or Azure Storage to allow use of public endpoints. In that case, an...
2024-01-10 (first published: 2024-01-02)
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Databricks Unity Catalog primary key and foreign key constraints are not enforced
I’ve been building lakehouses using Databricks Unity catalog for a couple of clients. Overall, I like the technology, but there are a few things to get used to. This...
2023-12-06 (first published: 2023-11-22)
262 reads
Parameterize your Databricks notebooks with widgets
Widgets provide a way to parameterize notebooks in Databricks. If you need to call the same process for different values, you can create widgets to allow you to pass...
2023-10-13 (first published: 2023-09-28)
347 reads
Restoring SSAS Cubes to a SQL 2022 Server with CU5
I have a client who was upgrading some servers from pre-2022 versions of SQL Server to SQL Server 2022 CU7. They had some multidimensional SSAS cubes that were to...
2023-09-13 (first published: 2023-08-18)
275 reads
Quick Tip About Fonts in Deneb Visuals in Power BI
This week, I was working with a client who requested I use the Segoe UI font in their Power BI report. The report contained a mix of core visuals...
2023-09-06 (first published: 2023-08-17)
120 reads
Creating and Configuring a Power BI VNet Data Gateway
If you are using Power BI to connect to a PaaS resource on a virtual network in Azure (including private endpoints), you need a data gateway. While you can...
2023-08-21 (first published: 2023-08-01)
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