Introduction Often at times, you may come across situations where you need to calculate a column repeatedly multiple times in the same Power BI report or across multiple reports. Although you can use the calculated columns to some extent, these are not robust and not reusable. In order to reuse the same piece of code, […]
2020-04-21
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Problem Many of us are already aware of the loopin...
2020-04-07
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Introduction Reporting on web data has been a fascinating part of developing any dashboard or reports in Power BI. Often this data is available either free that can be consumed anonymously or by using some kind of authentication mechanism. In this article, I'm going to demonstrate how to connect to a web application from Power […]
2020-03-17
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Introduction In this article, I'll explain the use of the RANKX function available in DAX. The RANKX is a sortation function which is capable of performing a quite complex sorting and ranking based on the groups and values available in the dataset. It returns the ranking of a particular number available in each row of […]
2020-03-12
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What advanced features are available in the Power BI Q&A functionality? Also, how does the new Q&A visual work?
2020-01-31
Introduction Period-over-period is an analysis technique in business that measures some value in the present and compares it to the same measurement in a comparable period of time in the past. The goal is to adjust the slice of the past you are viewing, so the same amount of time has passed in the two […]
2020-01-27
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In this tip we will implement a polling mechanism to verify if the Power BI dataset has refreshed successfully.
2019-12-25
In this tip we look at how to analyze textual data to gain insight from freeform text using Azure Text Analytics and Power BI.
2019-12-13
Data Filtering | Configurations - In this tip we look at a new feature in Power BI that allows users to filter data in Power BI reports using the new Filter Pane.
2019-11-29
Power BI dataflows is a powerful self-service ETL tool. However, some features demand the use of Power BI Premium, way more expensive than the PRO version and sometimes inaccessible. In this latest blog post Dennes Torres explores the subject.
2019-11-18
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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