Learning Better Presentation Skills (T-SQL Tuesday #108)
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Malathi Mahadevan (@SqlMal). The topic is to pick one thing I would like to...
2018-11-22 (first published: 2018-11-13)
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Data Savvy
Data Factory V2 Activity Dependencies are a Logical AND
Azure Data Factory V2 allows developers to branch and chain activities together in a pipeline. We define dependencies between activities as...
2018-10-16 (first published: 2018-10-03)
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Join Me At PASS Summit 2018
The PASS Summit 2018 schedule has been published, and I’m on it twice! On Monday, November 5, I am giving...
2018-09-06
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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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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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Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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Increase Deadlock Detection
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