What-If Analysis in Power BI Desktop
One of the most talked about features previewed during the Microsoft Data Insights Summit in the previous June was the...
2017-08-11
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SQL with Dustin Ryan
Power BI NFL Football Stats Comparisons and Analysis Report is now available!
For the past few years I’ve combined my love of professional football and analytics by releasing a series of Power...
2017-08-17 (first published: 2017-07-28)
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Power BI NFL Football Stats Comparisons and Analysis Report is now available!
For the past few years I’ve combined my love of professional football and analytics by releasing a series of Power...
2017-07-28
497 reads
How to Automate Processing of Azure Analysis Services Models
I’ve been working on a proof of concept for a customer that involved using Azure Analysis Services as a cache...
2017-06-21
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How to Automate Processing of Azure Analysis Services Models
I’ve been working on a proof of concept for a customer that involved using Azure Analysis Services as a cache...
2017-06-21
525 reads
Microsoft Data Insights Summit Day 2 Recap: Timeline Storyteller, Future of Power BI Desktop, and Freakonomics
The theme of day 2 of the Microsoft Data Insights Summit was sessions, sessions, sessions! There were a ton of...
2017-06-27 (first published: 2017-06-15)
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Microsoft Data Insights Summit Day 2 Recap: Timeline Storyteller, Future of Power BI Desktop, and Freakonomics
The theme of day 2 of the Microsoft Data Insights Summit was sessions, sessions, sessions! There were a ton of...
2017-06-15
235 reads
Microsoft Data Insights Summit Day 1 Recap: Power BI Visio & PowerApps Integration, Custom Drill Through Actions, Book Marks, What If Analysis, & Data Insights
If you were at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit or were watching the live stream of the keynote, then you...
2017-06-21 (first published: 2017-06-13)
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Microsoft Data Insights Summit Day 1 Recap: Power BI Visio & PowerApps Integration, Custom Drill Through Actions, Book Marks, What If Analysis, & Data Insights
If you were at the Microsoft Data Insights Summit or were watching the live stream of the keynote, then you...
2017-06-13
292 reads
Deploying to Power BI Premium
Obviously the big news of the day is the announcement for general availability of Power BI Premium! And if you...
2017-06-12
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers