BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Microsoft Leader in Analytics & BI – Push Apps to Users, On-Premise Data Gateway Update, Developer Update)
It is already the start of March, where has this year gone? I always look forward to the first week of every month when the imminent Power BI Desktop release is about to happen. But with that being said there are some updates already. Let’s dig in Microsoft Leader in Analytics & BI As you can see above, Microsoft is…
How to paste a screenshot/image into the Power BI Community Forum
In the past when I was answering questions I always had to get a screenshot, save it into an image and then upload the image. That was a real pain in the ……! I have to give full credit to fellow MVP Wyn Hopkins who made this discovery, you can find him on Twitter or LinkedIn How to paste a…
Dynamic Row Level Security is easy with Active Directory Security Groups
I am really excited to show you in this blog post how to use Active Directory (AD) Security groups to make Dynamic Row Level Security (DRLS) easy and simple. In the past when using DRLS there had to be a list maintained of all the users, along with what Row Level Security they required. As can be seen with the…
Power BI – Finding the data type when using Variables in Measures
I have been working with an Organization where I have had to create some rather complex measures. And within these measures I am using a fair number of variables. I found that at times it was a challenge to understand what data type was being returned by the variable. Which at times would lead to a different result, because the…
Power BI – One Measure dynamically made up from multiple measures (To show Month Estimate for current Month)
Where I am consulting there was a requirement where for the current month they wanted to display the Current Month Estimate for the current month they were in, and to show the historical sales for all the previous months. This makes some sound business sense, since currently month would typically start off with a lower sales amount, which would increase…
Power BI – Losing Disk space when working with Power BI Desktop
I recently had an issue on a customer’s server, where I was developing Power BI Desktop reports. And the C: Drive was running out of disk space, which was attributed to my user profile. Upon inspection I found that the TempSaves directory had a whole stack of temporary files saved in there. Even though I had previously selected to change…
Ask a Question (Q&A) Hidden Treasures in Power BI Desktop
The new Ask a Question (Q&A) in Power BI Desktop really does make it quick and easy to create new visuals. Here is a link to the blog post from the Power BI Team: Q&A for report creation (preview) I have been using Q&A in the Power BI Service for some time, and there are a few hidden treasures that…
Power BI – Turning off (Disabling) Native Database Queries
In this quick blog post I am going to show how to turn off or disable having the dialog box which pops up when using Native Database Queries. This can sometimes be an extra step on something that you have to action when refreshing your data either in the Query Editor or in Power BI Desktop. NOTE: I was often…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (December Desktop Update – Larger Power BI Premium PBIX – Power BI Bookmarking Contest – Premium Capacity WhitePaper)
Even though it is almost the holiday season, the wonderful people from the Power BI team have given myself (and hopefully you also) some early birthday presents. So please find all the updates below. Power BI – December Desktop Update There was an incredible number of updates in the December edition of Power BI Desktop, so please find below all…
How to enable Excel Pro’s to use Power BI Datasets
In the steps below, I am going to demonstrate how to access your Power BI Dataset through Excel. This is a great example for people who love Excel and use it as their tool of choice, but the company or organization still wants to have a single version of the data. By leveraging the steps below the data is available…