Microsoft, Think DevOps First

Steve has a few issues with the design of the Power BI Service and their format for storing reports.

Moving a Power BI Data Model to Tabular

Ginger Grant shares a few tricks to make it easier to upgrade from Power BI Data Model to Tabular.

Streamlining a Power BI Solution

Power BI is an excellent tool for departments or small organisations getting started with their BI solution. Unless some time is spent organising the solution, however, it can become...

Power BI: Use DAX to get relative dates

Patrick looks at how you can get relative dates, in Power BI Desktop, without using the relative date slicer or relative date filters. You just need to sprinkle a...

Basics of Modeling in Power BI: Fact Tables

Fact tables are the core of analysis in a data model. In the previous article, I explained what a dimension table is, and why we cannot have everything in...

Power BI Updates, tips and tricks and more… (May 13, 2019)

Power BI Performance Analysis

How can you find the cause of slow performance issues in Power BI? This post demonstrates some of the advanced tools you can you to test slowing performing queries...

Table and column references using DAX variables

This article describes how to correctly use column references when manipulating tables assigned to DAX variables, avoiding syntax errors and making the code easier to read and maintain. Using...

Power BI and The Matrix: A Challenge

The Matrix is one of the many built-in visualizations found in Power BI. While the Matrix is easy to populate, filtering it is not so straightforward. In this article, Dennes Torres explains how to add a slicer that does the job.

The BI Journey: The Expert’s Advice – Part 2

A BI project should return value to the company quickly, not only after months or even years of work. In this article by Gogula Aryalingam, Ruthie, the intern, determines which items from her manager's requirements she can complete before the big meeting. She continues working on her semantic model by including a Date table, the star schema, measures, formatting, and more.