BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Mobile App Update – Android Tablets, Navigation Preview, AMA, Driving Power BI Adoption in your Organisation) – Excel (Get & Transform Update)
It does appear that as we approach the festive season, the Microsoft team are still full steam ahead, which is great for myself and the Data Analytics community. Power BI – Mobile App update for Android Tablets As per their blog post, it is great to see that there now is an App for the Android tablets, whilst this has…
Power BI – Using Parameters in Calculated Measures (Making Calculated Measures Dynamic based on Parameter)
What this is going to explain below is how I use a parameter that a user has entered to make a Dynamic Calculated Measure based on the Parameter entered. Example Scenario In my model I have got Parameters for the Fiscal Start Year So I want to create a calculated Measure that will get me the values for 4th Year…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (November Desktop Update, Mobile App Update)
I now expect if not on the last day of each month, but pretty close to the last day is to get the updates for the Power BI Desktop and potentially the Mobile Apps update. And this month I am not disappointed. Power BI – November Desktop Update Once again the Power BI Team has been very busy with a…
Power BI – Quick Tip – Overcoming additional columns in CSV or Flat Files
This quick tip explains how to overcome an issue with using CSV or Flat Files and you get additional columns. I have been working with CSV Files, and what often happens is that you get years added into the columns on a CSV File as shown below is what the original file looks like. And this is what the source…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Microsoft Flow & Power BI, Webinar How Microsoft Handles Power BI)
I have no doubt that as the year moves closer to the end of the year there will be slightly less news and updates. But with that being said here are this weeks updates. Power BI – Microsoft Flow and Power BI I have been personally looking at Microsoft Flow lately and it can really automate many tasks, as well…
Power BI – Using Parameters for Flat File / CSV / Excel Sources
I was recently catching up on Blogs as I always find this a wealth of information and it often leads to me learning something new. Which I can then leverage in my current work environment and this is one of those cases. This is to show how using Power BI and the built-in Parameters it can be capable of handling…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (PowerPivotPro & Microsoft Helping displaced workers, Visualizing weather from Microsoft OMS) – SSAS (Memory Usage (1200 Compatibility Only) report using Power BI) – SQL Server (SP1, SSRS Updates
Another week close to Christmas and another week of great news in the Business Intelligence world. Power BI – PowerPivotPro & Microsoft helping displaced workers A quick mention on how it is great to see both the people at Power Pivot Pro & Microsoft are working together to help people find employment. The great thing about Power BI, is all…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Mobile Apps Update, Microsoft Teams, Extending Project Online Content Pack, Featured Data Stories, Streaming Data Set Example from Chris Webb, Dashboard Makeover Webinar) – Azure (Analysis Services)
Another week has gone by, and some more updates in the world of Business Intelligence Power BI – Mobile Apps Update There are quite a few updates for the Mobile BI apps, and it is good to see that it is across all platforms. The easier navigation is always welcome because with a phone it is always tricky to navigate…
Power BI – Quick Tips why Q&A (Natural Query Language) is Awesome
Q&A (Natural Query Language) is by far one of the features that I find really gives the WOW factor when showing people the capabilities of Power BI. And in my opinion it is awesome. So I thought I would give a quick blog post in terms of how best you can leverage this, and hopefully also enable you to be…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Desktop Update Oct 2016, Features Coming Soon, R Visuals without understanding R, Community Blog Highlights, Custom Visual Stocked Bar, InsightCentr Content Pack, Webinar Nov 1 Big Data with HDInsight & Datameer, Advanced Analytics with Power BI Embedded and R) – Excel (Get & Transform Updates Oct 2016)
Well there sure is a lot of information with regards to BI in the past week, now that PASS has finished, as well as the end of the month, so there are some great Power BI updates as well. Power BI – Desktop Update Oct 2016 Another month has come to an end, and with that we get a whole…