Power BI Pulse Chart vs. Dancing bars in Excel
[2016-Jun-30] Recently Microsoft Power BI has been enhanced with a new Pulse Chart custom visualization (Visual Awesomeness Unlocked: Pulse Chart) which...
2016-06-30
2,555 reads
Rayis Imayev
- Website: http://datanrg.blogspot.com/
Analyzing David and Goliath datasets on a same chart; Dual Axis in Excel, Power BI and SSRS
[2016-May-31] Two different metrics, two different datasets, one may represent a very high value and the other one is very low....
2016-05-31
1,688 reads
Power BI Box and Whisker visualization vs. Box Plot chart in SSRS
[2016-Apr-30] I don't work with box plot charts very often, however when I do then it becomes a very interesting experience. First,...
2016-04-30
4,355 reads
Excel Power Map vs. Power BI Globe Map visualization
[2016-02-02] PowerMap in Excel is a great tool with good design and comprehensive user experience. I’ve started using it about...
2016-02-09 (first published: 2016-02-02)
5,859 reads
Specifying Paths to External Items (Report Builder and SSRS) in SharePoint with PowerShell
[2015-Dec-24] My story: two SSRS items (main report and its sub-report) need to be deployed to SharePoint. Trivial task, and...
2015-12-24
1,774 reads
PowerMap with Custom Region shapefiles - Demystified
[2015-Nov-18] Today is a global GIS Day (http://www.gisday.com/) where people across the globe celebrate and promote the use of various geo...
2015-11-25 (first published: 2015-11-18)
10,602 reads
Too Big To Be Visible - SQL Server vs. Oracle data in SSRS reporting
[2015-Oct-20] A sourcing system failed to return correct results (returned value was a very high figure with double digit number...
2015-10-26 (first published: 2015-10-20)
2,272 reads
Why I still like Excel PowerPivot models in SharePoint however Tabular solutions in SSAS are better
[2015-Aug-12] It’s quite obvious that in present time there is a growing audience for all the latest changes and updates...
2015-08-12
1,294 reads
Single value filters and custom error messages in Power BI
"Let me be the one for you, otherwise we need to work on communication". Basically this was a very brief...
2015-07-27
1,123 reads
Setting specific colors for PowerView charts
I was listening for Phil Collins' "True Colors" song in my car audio this morning and it reminded me about...
2015-07-21
5,383 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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