Azure Analysis Services or SSAS Tabular 2017 – How to put in Custom TSQL Server Queries using the SQL Server Window
I have recently been working on SSAS Tabular 2017 for the current customer I am consulting at. Along with this I am starting to see that Power BI Premium features are appearing to lean more towards SSAS, so I personally feel that getting into SSAS Tabular 2017 is a great way to understand and work with a similar version of…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Community Blog Highlights – Power BI Germany – Latest Updates for Power BI Desktop – How Microsoft uses Power BI to run its Cloud Business – Connecting Datasets to Power BI Service) – SQL Saturday Brisbane (I’m presenting) – SQL Server (SQL Server 2017 – DAX Editor for SSDT – New Get Data Experience for SSDT)
I thought that this might be a quieter week, but once again there are a whole host of updates from Power BI updates, to SQL Server 2017 announcements. Quite a bit to read through so I hope you enjoy it. Power BI – Community Blog Highlights I actively participate in the Power BI Community, as well as when I feel…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Granular Tenant settings, Amazon Redshift connectivity in Power BI Service, Featured Data Stories, Availability Monitoring Publish to Web) – Excel (Get & Transform updates) – SQL Server (DAX support in Report Builder and SSMS)
Here are the weekly updates. Power BI – Granular Tenant Settings I can personally say that I know a few of my clients who are very happy that the Power BI team has already implemented the Granular Tenant settings for Power BI. I have to say that I am once again impressed by the Power BI Team really a great…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Tachometer Custom Visual, Azure Active Directory Content Pack, ZynBit using Power BI Embedded) – SQL Server (CTP 1.2 Available)
There has been some great activity this past week in the world of Business Intelligence and here are the updates. Power BI – Tachometer Custom Visual As you can see from the image above, there is a new Custom Visual that has been added called the Tachometer. This is a great visual when you want to use it to easily…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Email Subscriptions, New APIs for Custom Visuals, Accounts Receivable Solution Template for SAP, Help Improve Direct Query) – SQLBI (Vertipaq Analyzer 1.7) – SQL Server (Power BI Reports in Technical Preview, Getting Started with Technical Preview of Power BI Reports)
It appears that we are now getting back into the swing of things, and this means more updates and additions to the Business Intelligence World. Power BI – Email Subscriptions This was a feature that I know I have personally been waiting for as well as a lot of other people. And yes this is very basic at the moment…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (SSRS mid 2017, Mobile Apps Update, OkViz Custom Visuals Updates) – SQL Server vNext (Get Data Experience,
Whilst last week there was not a lot of news in BI, Microsoft has been releasing some information which does make it feel like Christmas in the area of BI! Power BI – SSRS Mid 2017 This was really some welcome news especially for the people who use SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and are looking to use the Power…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (ArcGIS Maps, Forthcoming updates, Intune MAM for iOS App, Creating Custom Visual, Narrative Science) – SQL Server 2016 (CU Update 2, Embed Paginated Reports into ASP.NET)
This is going to be a rather long or large blog post with Microsoft Ignite this week I am certain that there will be some really amazing announcements. So here we go.. Power BI – ArcGIS Maps I am really looking forward to being able to use ArcGIS maps in Power BI. And not only will this be included in…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (August Power BI Desktop Update, Future Download Report & Snap to Grid, IntelliSense coming to Power Query, Power BI Training, WebTuna Content Pack, Building a Real-Time IoT Dashboard, Chris Webb Loading Data from Multiple Excel Workbooks saved in OneDrive, SCCM Solution Template) – SQL Server (SSAS Integrated Workspace Mode, SSMS Update, Report Builder Update)
Last week there was not a lot on the go, but it seems to have picked up this week, so here are the latest insights. Power BI – August Power BI Desktop Update As I am sure some of you would have already seen and heard and I personally have to echo what other people have said, it is great…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Mobile Apps Update, Custom Visual Tool Development Update, Dynamic Security Cheat Sheet, JavaScript API, Infer Content Pack) – Microsoft Flow (Available to Everyone) – SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 (Tabular Editor)
Another great week in the world of BI. Power BI – Mobile Apps Update for August 2016 Another month goes by and some more updates, this time from the Mobile Apps team. In this update they have done quite a lot of work with regards to the ability to do manual refreshing of your data in iOS if you have…
Power BI – (Twitter Solution Template, Real-time Data, Embedded GA Pricing Update, On-Premise Data Gateway Update, Monitor On-Premise Gateway) – SQL Server 2016 (SSDT Update, SSMS Update)
Here is this week’s BI updates Power BI – Twitter Solution Template This is the second solution template offered by the Power BI team and this time I think they have done a fantastic job. As I know of many companies who are active on Twitter and currently either do not have the resources or the time to be able…