How to Use Dataflow to Make the Refresh of Power BI Solution FASTER!

Does it take a long time to get your data refreshed in your Power BI model? Should you wait for hours for the refresh to finish because you have complex transformations behind the scene? Does the long refresh time make it hard for you to develop your solution? The good news I have for you Read more about How to Use Dataflow to Make the Refresh of Power BI Solution FASTER![…]

Exception Reporting in Power Query and Power BI; Part 2 Catching Error Rows for All Columns in the Table Section 2

In the first part of this series, you learned how to create an exception reporting for a column in a table using Power Query in Power BI. In the second part, you learned how to initiate that process for all columns in a table. This article continues the section one of creating exception reporting for Read more about Exception Reporting in Power Query and Power BI; Part 2 Catching Error Rows for All Columns in the Table Section 2[…]

Exception Reporting in Power Query and Power BI; Part 2 Catching Error Rows for All Columns in the Table Section 1

Previously, I have written about using Power Query transformations and functions to create an Exception report for Power BI. However, the method I mentioned there, was only doing the exception handling based on one column. In this article, I’m explaining how to do exception reporting for all columns in the entire table. There are a Read more about Exception Reporting in Power Query and Power BI; Part 2 Catching Error Rows for All Columns in the Table Section 1[…]

Copy workspace, Publish to Multiple workspaces, Download all PBIX files, and much more in Power BI Helper April Edition

In RADACAD we do our best to improve user experience using Power BI every single day, and throughout that experience, we add more and more functions to Power BI Helper. The newest version of Power BI Helper comes with break-through functions such as connecting to service. Documenting all service objects such as workspaces, datasets, dashboards, Read more about Copy workspace, Publish to Multiple workspaces, Download all PBIX files, and much more in Power BI Helper April Edition[…]

Register Power BI Helper in Your Tenant

This article explains the setup instructions to work with the Service tab of the Power BI Helper. Download Power BI Helper from here. Power BI Helper is a third party application, and any third party application if wants to connect to your tenant, needs to be authorized. You need to give permission to the Power Read more about Register Power BI Helper in Your Tenant[…]

Workaround for Computed Entity in Power BI Pro: Dataflow in Power BI

I have previously written about What dataflow is and scenarios of using it. I also wrote an article about Computed Entity and the important role of that for performance and data lineage. However, a Computed entity is a premium-only feature. There are sometimes that you don’t really need premium functions of Power BI, and only Read more about Workaround for Computed Entity in Power BI Pro: Dataflow in Power BI[…]

Performance Design Tip for Power BI: Be Careful of Dates

I have written about Date Dimension in Power BI in many posts, and it makes sense now to explain one of the most common performance challenges that I see in some of the models. Sometimes, your model size grows significantly big, and you have no idea why!? In this article, I will show you one Read more about Performance Design Tip for Power BI: Be Careful of Dates[…]

Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 2

In the previous post, you learned about the challenge of security when Implementing it using multiple positions scenario combined with organizational hierarchy. We started to implement the solution using DAX in row level security. This post is the second part of the solution. Prerequisite The sample dataset for this example can be downloaded from here. Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 2[…]

Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 1

I have written previously about Dynamic Row Level Security, and some of the patterns of it. Two of the most common patterns that I explained were; Organizational Hierarchy, and Many to Many situations of users and profiles. Recently I came across a couple of questions, which persuaded me to write about another pattern of dynamic Read more about Dynamic Row Level Security in Power BI with Organizational Hierarchy and Multiple Positions in Many-to-Many Relationship – Part 1[…]

Combining Dimension Tables in Power BI using Power Query: Basics and Foundations of Modeling

The article that I wrote earlier this week about the shared dimension had a lot of interest, and I’m glad it helped many of you. So I thought better to write about the basics of modeling even more. In this article, I will be focusing on a scenario that you have all faced, however, took Read more about Combining Dimension Tables in Power BI using Power Query: Basics and Foundations of Modeling[…]