Power BI Filled Map; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Power BI utilizes two built-in map charts; Map and Filled Map. Filled Map is a map that shows data points as Geo-spatial areas rather than points on map. Areas can be continent, country, region, state, city, or county. Working with Filled Map however isn’t as easy and convenient as the map chart is. You need Read more about Power BI Filled Map; the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly[…]

Power BI Q&A; How to Ask Questions?

In previous chapters of Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star you’ve learned that Power BI reports and models can be published in Power BI website for sharing, scheduling and some other purposes. One of the features in Power BI website which is unique to Power BI and is not available in many BI tools Read more about Power BI Q&A; How to Ask Questions?[…]

I Will Speak at SqlBits; Azure Data Factory vs SSIS

It is with great pleasure to announce that I will be speaking in SqlBits 2016 Liverpool which happens from 4th to 7th May 2016. I will be speaking one of my favorite topics which is comparing SSIS as on-premises ETL tool with Azure Data Factory as cloud data ingestion service. My session scheduled for 4pm Read more about I Will Speak at SqlBits; Azure Data Factory vs SSIS[…]

Custom Visuals in Power BI; Build Whatever You Want

In previous posts of Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star you’ve learned that Power BI has bunch of useful built-in visualizations such as bar chart, column chart, waterfall chart, tree map, and many other visualizations. However there is always requirement for new types of visualizations. You might want to visualize parts of the data Read more about Custom Visuals in Power BI; Build Whatever You Want[…]