BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Service & Mobile update July 2017 – Community Blog Highlights – Trust Center)
With the imminent monthly release happening for Power BI, here is this week’s BI-RoundUp.
Power BI – Dynamically changing the Title based on your selection
Would it not be nice if your Title changed based on what you selected on your slicer? In this example below I am going to show you how I used a Country slicer to dynamically change the title of my card based on my slicer selections. This was really useful because the Country Slicer has so many options I am…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Happy 2nd Birthday) – Azure Analysis Services (Web Designer)
Here is the weekly BI-RoundUp with the latest news. Power BI – Happy 2nd Birthday I cannot believe that it has already been 2 years since Power BI was launched. It is amazing to see how many new features and capabilities that keeps on happening. In the past year they have released 153 new features and updates. That is amazing…
Power BI – Using the Custom Data Connector to Connect to Strava
I was very excited when the news came out that there now was a Data Connector SDK Developer Preview, and I started letting customers and people know that there now is the new functionality to literally get data from almost any source. Then I saw a blog post by Kaper De Jonge where he was trying to get the Data…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Power BI World User Group Tour – On-Premise Gateway Update for July 2017 – Featured Data Stories for May and June – Certified Custom Visuals and why it Matters)
After last week there was not any updates worth blogging about, so here is this weeks updates.
Power BI – DAX Measures for Excel based “ % of Column Total “ or “ % of Row Total ”
Where I am currently consulting there was a requirement to create a measure like you can in the Excel pivot tables for the % of Column Total or the % of Row Total. One of the things that you can currently do in Power BI, which I only learnt as part of this requirement is that you can use %…
Power BI – Using Reports Usage Metrics to create Custom Reports & Leverage them for other App Workspaces
In this blog post below I am going to show you how I created my own Custom Usage Metrics Report. NOTE: This has been done using my Report Metrics and not the Dashboard Metrics. NOTE II: I am going to refer to the Reports Usage Metrics as RUM (It has a nice ring to it) And then how I changed…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Desktop Update for June, Service Updates for June, Dashboard Email Subscriptions) – Excel (Get & Transform Updates June 2017)
Here is my weekly BI-RoundUp with what has happened and what is new. Power BI – Desktop for June Finally the Power BI Desktop July update is here. So here are the details below of the new updates. Reporting The table and matrix visuals are now generally available. Not only that but they have also made some additional enhancements which…
Power BI – Connecting to OneDrive for Business from Power BI Desktop & Refresh from Power BI Service without the need for the On-Premise Gateway
In this blog post I am going to show how to connect to a file on OneDrive for Business in Power BI Desktop, then upload to the Power BI Service and configure it to refresh from within the Power BI Service. And as in the title you will NOT need the On-Premise Gateway to enable your data to be refreshed….
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Data Insights Summit Analytics Challenge Winners – Non-Profits Program)
It has been a quieter week, so here is the BI-RoundUp Power BI – Data Insights Summit Analytics Challenge Winners A big congratulations to the people that won the Analytics challenge for the categories “Complex Data Preparation”, “Advanced Analytics” and “Just for Fun” It is great to see so many people who submitted their entries. Hopefully next year I can…