I finally did it. I created a function I’ve been wanting to be able to use for *years*. Test-RsRestItemDataSource is here. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve started to work on a report I was told was working, only to find the connection info was invalid. This wastes valuable time, especially when you’ve already made… READ MORE
Microsoft PowerPivot is a free add-on to Excel from Microsoft that allows users to produce new kinds of reports and analyses that were simply impossible before, and this book is the first to tackle DAX formulas, the core capability of PowerPivot, from the perspective of the Excel audience. Download 2 Chapters: 8 – CALCULATE() –… READ MORE
Currency conversion applied to BI reports can include many different scenarios. Data in multiple currencies, report with a single currency Data in multiple currencies, report with multiple currencies Data in a single currency, report with multiple currencies The rule of thumb is to apply the currency exchange conversion upfront. Therefore, it is a good idea… READ MORE
A common topic I have been discussing recently with customers is the security around Power BI. Basically, how to prevent users seeing data they shouldn’t. So I’ll discuss the various “layers” of security. The Power BI service architecture is based on two clusters – the Web Front End (WFE) cluster and the Back-End cluster. The WFE cluster… READ MORE
In late January, Microsoft published the Power Platform: 2020 release wave 1 plan which lists all the new features that are targeting a release date before the end of 2020. The Power Platform ecosystem currently includes several different products that work reasonably well together and enable “users and organizations to analyze, act, and automate on the data to… READ MORE
In this #PowerShot I will show you how to use the sentiment analysis capacity of the AI Builder on PowerPlatform with Power Virtual Agents. In one of my earlier posts, we created a similar functionality using the Text Analytics service from Azure Cognitive services. In this one, lets take a look at the sentiment analysis… READ MORE
A question I come across in Power BI from time to time is how to configure a report to show an end-user a list of options, and then have visuals in the report use the selected item on the axis. There are a few ways this can get solved, such as using bookmarks. For this… READ MORE
Does your data include a hierarchy? We often can end up with multiple slicers to walk the hierarchy taking up valuable screen. This post does a quick walk through using the new hierarchy slicer. Slicer Series This series will cover different topics regarding slicers. Slicers Introduction Resetting Slicers with a Bookmark Button Cascading Slicers Hierarchy… READ MORE
Hands on workshop walking attendees through integrating PowerApps and Power BI to create a scoreboard application. A video of these steps can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/mspowerplatform Step 1. Create an app workspace to host the application. To do this: Log in to PowerBI.com and click on Workspaces > New Workspace. For people doing this at… READ MORE
A not-so-well-known feature of the multi-row card visual in Power BI is that it can have its own title, called Card Title, in addition to the title any visual can have. In the image above, the Card Title is blue, and it is formatted separately from the visual title. It only works if you use one measure… READ MORE
