How do you quickly change Text Size or other Visual Properties all at once in a Power BI report?
I was working on a larger Power BI report and there were quite a lot of tables, where the text size needed to be changed. Using the new search box feature in the Formatting options I searched for Text. This then gave me all the options where I had a text value as shown below. Yes, there are more text…
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 others when you start to use Power BI Composite Models, to ensure that the DirectQuery…
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 on their data type. For me this has been a challenge to get it working,…
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 details outlined below, but all the prior updates too. It is incredible to see how…
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 and put them into a single row, which would then allow me to have a…
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 a copy of the dataset refresh failure email. This would ensure a single point of…
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 how to achieve this. In my example below, I have a table that has got…
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 when they are asking for assistance. You can click on the link above to take…
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…