How to connect to your Power BI Premium Datasets using Excel (with the XMLA End Points)
I have had seen a few questions in the Power BI Community, as well as from other people asking if it is possible to connect directly from Excel to a Power BI Premium dataset from Excel. Without having to log into the Power BI Service or download any .ODC files. I am going to show you how to do this…
#PowerBI Premium Performance – Part 1 | How to use the new XMLA End Point to see how much memory your datasets are using
With the new XMLA end points, it opens a whole new world of possibilities with Power BI Premium. This is part 1 of a series that I am going to be putting together series on how to make sure when moving to Power BI Premium you can ensure that you get the best performance possible. In the future blog posts,…
SSIS – Process Cube with XMLA and Analysis Services DDL
Generating XMLA Script and data from Cube What I was looking to do, was to use XMLA and the Analysis Services Execute DDL Task in SSIS to dynamically process just a required partition that has already been created in SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS). I found that doing this in SSIS was a quick and easy way in order to…