What runs under the cover when I open Power BI Desktop
I am always interested in what happens under the covers when I open Power BI Desktop. So I did a little digging and I got the inspiration from Macro Russo when he did his Webinar as well as presented at the Queensland Power BI User Group on “My Power BI report is slow: what should I do?” What happens when…
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…
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…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (Nov 2017 Desktop Update – Single Sign-On for Gateway Data Sources)
It is the start of the second week, and that meant that there was an update for Power BI Desktop, as well as some of the other related Services. I do hope you enjoy this weeks updates. Power BI – Nov 2017 Desktop Update As you can see we now have the Power BI Desktop update for November 2017. And…
BI-RoundUp – Power BI (August Desktop Release – Timeline Story Custom Visual – Help Shape the Future of Power BI – Text Analysis Solution Template using Bing – Azure Activity Log Solution Template – Survey for Mobile Apps – Developer Update for August)
While the week before had nothing to really talk about that is new, this week there is a whole host of updates and great new things to play with so here are the latest details. Power BI – Power BI August Desktop Release Whilst this picture above may not look like much it is incredible with this new “What If”…
What makes up a Power BI Desktop PBIX File
I know that I personally have been interested in what makes up a PBIX file and in this blog post below I will explain from my understanding what are the different parts that make up the PBIX file. It is rather interesting in that it is actually made up of a few different aspects.
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Desktop Update April – Quick Measures Preview – Mobile Apps Summary – Video Gallery & Ask a Partner Anything – View Related Content Pane – Sneak Peak add new Columns from Example – Tracking Adoption via Power BI Audit Logs)
There has been a whole host of updates and interesting things in Business Intelligence in the past weeks, so please find below the updates. Power BI – Desktop Update April This month’s Power BI Desktop update for April has a whole host of great updates and new features this month, which I will highlight what I think is most relevant…
Power BI – (March Desktop Update, Theme’s Generator, Esri New Technology Integration Award, K2 Process Content Pack, Advanced Search Solution Template, Project Service Automation for Dynamics 365 Solution Template, New Custom Visual 3D Pie Chart)
There has been a whole host of updates to Power BI in the past week which is great to see, so I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it all together. Power BI – March Desktop Update In this month’s updates there are a whole host of great updates, and the Power BI Team…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI Desktop (Monthly & Service Update) – Excel 2016 (Add-In for Machine Learning) – Power BI (Sankey Visual, Power BI Community, Office365Mon Content Pack)
As this year begins to really wind down it is good to see that the Microsoft machine also appears to be having a break. I have no doubt that in 2016 it will be full steam ahead and back into the swing of things. And before I could finish this blog post I checked if there was any news and…