Maps in Power BI. Do I really need them?
(2018-Aug-30) While preparing for a recent Power BI Toronto meetup session, I found a very valuable whitepaper on Maps in...
2018-08-30
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Data Adventures
ArcGIS Maps for Power BI: Plus subscription (2nd part); What's in it for me?
(2018-July-29) My initial attempt to explore and test the ArcGIS Map paid version continued after receiving a response from the...
2018-07-29
393 reads
ArcGIS Maps for Power BI: Free vs. Paid version
(2018-July-25) I like the ESRI company slogan, "The Science of Where". Hopefully, it will help someone not to get lost in...
2018-08-14 (first published: 2018-07-25)
2,977 reads
SQL Server data flow into Excel template with Power Query function-based parameter
(2018-July-15) Your case is to create an Excel template with data extracted from a backend SQL Server database; it takes a...
2018-07-24 (first published: 2018-07-15)
2,490 reads
Power BI with Mapbox and Volcanic Ring of Fire
(2018-May-27) With recent Hawaiian volcano activity, it would be interesting to see how other similar events have shaped our Earth planet....
2018-06-06 (first published: 2018-05-27)
2,490 reads
Power BI with Maps: Choose Your Destination
(2018-May-20) A childhood dream to travel around the world fueled by reading Gulliver's Travels stories and Robinson Crusoe attempts to survive on a...
2018-05-29 (first published: 2018-05-20)
4,678 reads
Geometry Objects in SQL Server using Latitude/Longitude coordinates
(2018-Mat-31) Support for spatial geometry functions was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 and then it was greatly improved in...
2018-03-31
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Power BI with different Network Visualizations
(2018-Feb-10) A few days ago Microsoft provided another update for its desktop version of the Power BI data analytical tool...
2018-02-21 (first published: 2018-02-10)
55,878 reads
Power BI with Azure Data Lake - where the water doesn't run dry
(2018-Feb-04) I've had a case working with very large data files as a source for my heat map visualizations in...
2018-02-04
715 reads
Get Data experience from Excel to Power BI and SQL Server Analysis Services 2017
(2018-Jan-20) It has been a long journey for the Excel data integration tool Power Query from its early version as...
2018-01-20
1,113 reads
Blogs
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
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dataMinds Connect 2025 – Slides & Scripts
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
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