Showing Dates in reverse order for Tables/Matrix with dates, so that the latest is always shown first in a Power BI Matrix
While doing some work I had a matrix that I had created. What I found was that when I had more Yr-Month values that could fit in the matrix due to having the scroll bar it would show me the older Yr-Months and not the latest ones as shown below. I always like to think what the experience would be…
How to configure Incremental Refresh with Power Query in Power BI
Following on from my successful blog post How you can incrementally refresh any Power BI data source (This example is a CSV File), I found a way where I can just use dates created in Power Query to get data refreshing incrementally. Full credit goes to Rafael Mendonç who actually figured this out. All that I have done is to…
Getting the correct Date Format to be displayed in the Power BI Service
Lately on the Power BI Community I have noticed people having issues with the date format not showing correctly. I thought I would post the steps on how to achieve this below. This is how my date was formatted before making the changes below NOTE: Before starting make sure you have saved and closed all your work. I had…
Power BI On-Premise Data Gateway Error: DM_GWPipeline_Gateway_SpooledOperationMissing”,”parameters”:{},”details”:[],”exceptionCulprit”:1
I got the following error DM_GWPipeline_Gateway_SpooledOperationMissing”,”parameters”:{},”details”:[],”exceptionCulprit”:1 This error was caused because the current Virtual machine where the On-Premise Data Gateway was running was cloned and then started up. The result was that this then caused the Power BI Service to not correctly connect to the valid Gateway. The reason is that there were 2 servers running, with the same name,…
How you can incrementally refresh any Power BI data source (This example is a CSV File)
How you can incrementally refresh any Power BI data source (This example is a CSV File) I was reading the awesome blog post by Dustin Ryan (POWER BI INCREMENTAL REFRESH WITH WEB API DATA SOURCE) and what I saw him do gave me an idea, is it possible to configure a CSV file to be incrementally refreshed using a similar…
Did you know you can now selectively show report pages for specific users in Power BI?
With the update to the latest version in Power BI Desktop there is now the capability to control which users will see which pages in a report. This is achieved using a combination of Row Level Security (RLS) and conditional formatting. This makes it a secure way of controlling access for specific users. I will demonstrate how this works below….
How to fix Power BI Slicer Items that are not clickable because there are too many Visual Header Icons
Recently a user sent me a message saying that they could no longer click on a slicer item. I tried to myself and I had no issues clicking on the slicer item. I then had an online screen share with the user, so that I could see what was happening when they were trying to click on the Slicer item….
Power BI coupled with Power Automate allows for super-fast dataset refreshes
I found that using Power Automate to refresh Power BI Datasets allowed for refreshes to happen at the exact time I needed them to. This was because my underlying data warehouse load would vary, by using Power Automate it allowed me to have the Power BI Dataset refresh to happen as soon as my data was ready. By using Power…
Create Currency Formatting Strings using Calculation Groups in Power BI Pro & Premium / Azure Analysis Services / SQL Server Analysis Services 2019
Below are the steps on how I got the calculation groups to work for Currency formatting strings when the currency format string will be displayed per currency shown. Following on from my previous blog post (How to create and use Calculation Groups in Power BI Pro & Premium / Azure Analysis Services / SQL Server Analysis Services 2019) on how…
How to create and use Calculation Groups in Power BI Pro & Premium / Azure Analysis Services / SQL Server Analysis Services 2019
I have been reading some great blog posts from SQLBI.COM on using and implementing Calculation Groups. What I did find is that currently there is not step by step process on how to get this working. This is what I will do in my blog post below. As it stands today 29 April 2020 you can currently use calculation groups…