Are my DirectQuery Tables still in DirectQuery Mode, how to ensure they stay that way?
I have been doing some work with Power BI Composite models, and what I have found is that often the DirectQuery table can be changed to an Imported table. I personally feel that this blog post will be an important reference for me and hopefully…
Power Query – Changing DateTime columns data types to Date without specifying the column names
This blog post I will demonstrate how to change a DateTime column data type to Date dynamically. You might be wondering what I mean by dynamic, this means that I will not specify any actual column names. The code will find the column names based…
The Complete Power BI Infographic – Update for Dec 2018
I recently had a look at my last version of my Infographic and I realized that I had not updated it for a few months and there has been a lot of incredible additions to the Power BI ecosystem. My infographic not only contains the…
Power BI RoundUp – Power BI Desktop Dec Update – Dataflows Integration with your own Azure Data Lake – Business Application 2019 – Developer Update Nov 2018 – Windows App Update
It appears that there is one last massive push from the Power BI team before the end of the year. I would consider this my early Christmas present, so please enjoy and read below. Power BI Desktop Update Dec 2018 Once again it is another…
Converting Multiple Items into One Row in Power Query
I was working with some external data where I had a list of Australia postal codes, the challenge is that there are multiple suburbs that are part of one postal code. Below I am going to show you how I took the multiple suburb names…
Power BI RoundUp – Ask a follow up question, Help Improve Power BI
As I am typing this I am wondering if tomorrow I will have to update it with the new Power BI Desktop features, or if this will be coming out next week! Here is my weekly Power BI RoundUp Power BI – Ask a follow…
Power BI – How to Configure “Send Refresh Failure Notification email to Distribution List (Multiple Users)” for Dataset refreshes
As it currently stands when I setup a dataset refresh it only emails me when it fails. I was recently at a customer where there is a team of Power BI Developers, and I wanted to find a way that all the developers would get…
Multiple conditions for a conditional column in Power Query
I am often working on datasets where there is more than one condition for a conditional column. And whilst the GUI based Conditional column is really good, it currently does not have the capability for multiple conditions. In this blog post below, I will demonstrate…
Power BI RoundUp – Help Shape the Future of Power BI – On-Premise Update for Nov 2018 – Modeling View – Analysis Services is 20 years old!
Here is my weekly roundup, and whilst it has not been as busy as the past few weeks, there are still some awesome updates. Power BI – Help Shape the Future of Power BI I always think it is really important to provide feedback, especially…
Refreshing data in Power BI from SQL Server Read-only or Secondary Replica’s
I have seen a lot of questions in the Power BI Community asking how to connect to a SQL Server Read-Only or Secondary replica, and whilst this is not currently available in the Sql.Database M connector, it is available in the OLE DB connector. NOTE:…