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: This could potentially be used for a whole host of other OLE DB providers NOTE…
Power BI RoundUp – (Nov 2018 Desktop release – AI Capabilities for Power BI)
Well this month has sure been a busy month with a whole host of additional updates for Power BI. I personally am really looking forward to the next few months to better understand how all of this will evolve and assist customers on leveraging their data assets. Power BI – Nov 2018 Desktop This was yet another massive update to…
Power Query – A function to remove spaces within Text values
UPDATE: 19 Nov 2018 With the recent announcement of dataflows in the Power BI Service, I see more people will be looking to better understand and leverage dataflows by using the M language which is available in Power BI Desktop, Power Apps and Microsoft Flow. I had a great response to this blog post, and both Ted and Daniil had…
Power BI RoundUp with SQL Pass updates – Dataflows – Paginated Reports (SSRS) – Premium Metrics App with Data Flows & Paginated Metrics – Paginated Reports in Mobile App – Mobile & Service Update for Oct – Bonus features coming to Power BI Desktop
As expected this week with SQL Pass, there has been a whole host of new capabilities and features in Power BI, so please see my roundup below with the relevant links below. And even though there is a lot of announcements here, we are still waiting for the update to Power BI Desktop!! Power BI Dataflows One of the biggest…
DAX Measure – Getting Difference between 2 values in a table
I had a requirement where the customer wanted the difference between 2 values in a table. The challenge here was that because the values are already part of the table, I had to find a way to get the unique value for each item. This would then allow me to calculate each value separately and then calculate the difference. This…
Power BI RoundUp – Webinar on Advanced Data Prep – Data Flows in Power BI – On-Premise Data Gateway Update – New Power BI Regions in Azure – General Availability of Custom & Certified Data Connectors
Here is my weekly Power BI related round up, I hope that you find this information relevant and keeps you up to date with everything that is happening with regards to Power BI. Power BI – Webinar on Advanced Data Prep with Dataflows https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Webinars-and-Video-Gallery/10-23-18-Webinar-Advanced-data-prep-with-Power-BI-data-flows/m-p/534100 There is an upcoming Webinar on 13 November 2018, where Anton Fritz will introduce you to…
Running Power BI Reports or Dashboards in Fullscreen without the Buttons
I had seen some questions in the Power BI Community when asking how to run reports or dashboards in a browser screen so that they cannot see they buttons on the bottom left hand side. In my example I am going to use my existing dashboard that I want to display where it does not show anything from Power BI,…
Quick Tips for Aggregations & Composite Models in Power BI
I have been working with a customer on the implementation of Aggregations with Composite Models in Power BI and I have found that there are a few useful tips to assist you with getting it up and running. Tip 1 – Always ensure that queries start off as DirectQuery When starting to bring in the composite models the first thing…
Power BI RoundUp – (Desktop Update Oct 2018 – Aggregations for Petabytes Scale – Webinar Ask Anything on Power BI Premium – Power BI Report Server Timing)
I am sure that there were a few people who were eagerly waiting for the Power BI Desktop Update for October 2018. I sure was one of them and it was well worth the wait. Please read all the details below, as well as other updates that happened in the past week. Power BI – Desktop Update Oct 2018 There…
Power BI Gateway – How to remove a Gateway Instance from the Gateway Cluster
I recently was troubleshooting a performance issue for a customer where their LiveConnection was slow when connecting to an On-Premise SSAS Tabular server via the On-Premise Data Gateway. One of the things that I had to do was to remove an existing On-Premise Data Gateway from a cluster, so that I can then move the Gateway onto another server. NOTE:…