Considerations for Using Layout Images in Power BI
Using layout images in Power BI has become a popular design trend. When I say layout images, I’m referring to...
2018-08-07 (first published: 2018-07-28)
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Data Savvy
Power BI Report Accessibility Checklist
In many cases, some small changes can go a long way in making your Power BI reports more accessible for...
2018-06-07
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Choosing a Color Palette For Your Power BI Report
Color is a powerful attribute in data visualization. In a good visualization, it can focus attention and enhance meaning and...
2018-06-05 (first published: 2018-05-27)
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Thoughts and Lessons Learned From A Power BI Embedded POC
I worked on a Power BI embedded POC where a report with an in-memory Power BI model as the dataset...
2018-05-02 (first published: 2018-04-25)
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Please join me for my PASS Summit Pre-Con with Melissa Coates
I’m excited to announce that I’m joining forces with Melissa Coates (aka SQL Chick) to do a full-day PASS Summit...
2018-04-12
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Four Easy Things You Can Do Now To Make Your Power BI Reports More Accessible
Accessibility is often overlooked or ignored when it comes to reporting and data visualization. I think there are two reasons...
2018-03-09
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Power BI Screen Reader Accessibility
I recently wrote a post on the BlueGranite blog called Improving Screen Reader Accessibility in Power BI Reports. It contains...
2018-02-13 (first published: 2018-02-06)
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Ten Ways To Help Your BI Consultant Be Successful
I’ve been working in the field of business intelligence for over ten years, as a consultant for over five years....
2018-02-12 (first published: 2018-01-30)
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Design Concepts For Better Power BI Reports Part 5: Affordances
Affordances are a general design concept that comes from physical product design but can be applied to visual design. I...
2017-12-28
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Design Concepts For Better Power BI Reports Part 4: The Squint Test
Data visualization should be iterative. You should get a good initial draft put together and then check to make sure...
2017-12-22
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Blogs
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
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Can someone please explain what happens?
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SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
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Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers