Power BI and Dynamics CRM
Microsoft is building lots of cloud based technologies these days and Microsoft Dynamics CRM is not an exception. With a powerful data visualisation tool like Power BI Microsoft took a great step to...
View ArticleAzure SQL Data Warehouse and Power BI
Without a doubt cloud computing is going to change the future of data analytics and data visualisation very significantly. Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse recently released for public preview....
View ArticlePower BI Enterprise Gateway, Everything You Need to Know
Power BI Enterprise Gateway is release awhile ago (2 Dec. 2015), but, with the latest release on 22 Dec. 2015 Power BI Enterprise Gateway now supports live connections to both SQL Server Analysis...
View ArticleVisualising Your Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Power BI Webinar
It’s such an honor that I’m invited to speak in Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter webinar which will be held on 23 Jan 2016. I would be very happy to have you all in the webinar. You can...
View ArticleVisualising Azure SQL DW with Power BI Webinar Held
In the previous post I announced that I will speak in “Visualising Your Azure SQL Data Warehouse with Power BI” webinar on 23 Jan 2016. The webinar host was Pass Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter....
View ArticleConnect Live Power BI to SSAS Multidimensional
In one of my previous posts I explained how to use Power BI on top of your SSAS Multidimensional using Data Import Scenario. You can also find definitive explanation about “Managing Analysis Services...
View ArticlePower BI and iFrame
Power BI is growing very quickly and there are tons of fantastic features added to it during the past few months. So there are lots of Power BI subjects we can talk about these days. In this article I...
View ArticleSSRS 2016 and Power BI
Without a doubt SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is one of the most powerful reporting tools for several years. There are tons of features that you can use to make a report that suits your...
View ArticlePower BI Publisher for Excel
It’s been awhile that lots of Excel users were wondering if there is a way to include their Excel elements into Power BI dashboards. With Power BI Publisher for Excel you’re now able to publish...
View ArticleHow to Disable Custom Visual in Power BI Desktop Model
Custom visuals are awesome. It’s easy to import them to Power BI Desktop model and start using them. But, what if you decide to remove them from your model? Is there a way to disable an imported custom...
View ArticleHow to Define A Measure Table in Power BI Desktop
In this post I show you a simple trick to make your Power BI model more organised and more readable. I call it creating a “Measure Table”. Let me explain. The story is that I was working on a model...
View ArticleRole Playing Dimensions in Power BI
In this post I want to explain how to handle role playing dimensions in Power BI. I wrote an article awhile ago regarding role playing dimensions in SSAS Tabular which is valid for Power BI Desktop....
View ArticlePower BI and Google Maps API (Address Lookup)
In this post I explain how to use Google Maps APIs to retrieve useful information out of Google Maps. The use case scenario could be getting address, postal code, etc. from existing latitude and...
View ArticlePower BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 1
One of the coolest features added to the new release of Power BI Desktop (April 2016) is “Query Parameters”. With Query Parameters we can now create parameters in Power BI Desktop and use them in...
View ArticlePower BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part2 – Dynamic Data Masking and Query...
As I promised in my earlier post, in this article I show you how to leverage your Power BI Desktop model using Query Parameters on top of SQL Server 2016 Dynamic Data Masking (DDM). I also explain very...
View ArticlePower BI Synonyms, Take Q&A Experience to the Next Level
In April 2016 a bunch of fantastic features added to Power BI Desktop. Some of these features like Query Parameters, Power BI Templates and new drill action to see records quickly grasped my attention....
View ArticleHow to Download SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition for Free
A while ago Microsoft decided to provide Developer edition of SQL Server 2014 and 2016 for free. So we should be able to download SQL Server 2016 Developer Edition for free legitimately. If you search...
View ArticleConnect to Power BI Desktop Model from Excel and SSMS
Power BI Desktop is a fantastic report authoring tool. I have lots of experience with Tableau as well and I can say, man, Power BI is growing very quickly. Lots of awesome ideas have been added to...
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