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Image Processing- Invoice recording using Power App, Microsoft Flow and Cognitive Service- Part 2

In this post, I am going to show how to connect the Power APP, that you created in Part One for the aim of taking a photo from your receipt, send it to the Microsoft Flow and cognitive service to convert the image to text. First, you need to follow the link for the creating Read more about Image Processing- Invoice recording using Power App, Microsoft Flow and Cognitive Service- Part 2[…]

Image Processing- Invoice recording using Power App, Microsoft Flow and Cognitive Service- Part 1

For a month I am looking to create a Microsoft App that user able to take a picture from an invoice then able to see the items in Power BI or store it in storage such as SQL server, excel and so forth. In this posts, first I will show how to create a Power Read more about Image Processing- Invoice recording using Power App, Microsoft Flow and Cognitive Service- Part 1[…]

Power BI Date Dimension; Default or Custom? Is It Confusing?

If you have worked with Power BI for some time, you know that there are two types of the Date dimensions; Custom or built-in/Default. It is always confusing for people, that which date dimension is good to use, and what is the difference between these two approaches. Also based on the selection of the type Read more about Power BI Date Dimension; Default or Custom? Is It Confusing?[…]

Power BI and Azure ML make them work with Power Query

In this blog post, I am going to show how to use the Azure ML web service in Power BI (Power Query). First Step: You need to create a model in Azure ML Studio and create a web service for it. The traditional example in Predict a passenger on Titanic ship is going to survived Read more about Power BI and Azure ML make them work with Power Query[…]

Ignite 2018 Interviews by Reza Rad; Power BI and AI

I’ve been honored and had the opportunity to have an interview with some great minds in Ignite 2018. Just to mention a few; it was the discussion about all new Power BI and AI features announced at Microsoft Ignite 2018 conference. In this post, you will see the link to all my 14 interviews of Read more about Ignite 2018 Interviews by Reza Rad; Power BI and AI[…]

Analytics in HDInsight

  Azure HDInsight is an open-source analytics and cloud base service. Azure HDInsight is easy, fast, and cost-effective for processing the massive amounts of data. There are many different use case scenarios for HDInsight such as extract, transform, and load (ETL), data warehousing, machine learning, IoT and so forth. The main benefit of using HDInsight Read more about Analytics in HDInsight[…]

Reference vs Duplicate in Power BI; Power Query Back to Basics

When you work with tables and queries in Power Query and Power BI, you get the option to copy them through these actions: Duplicate, or Reference. It has been always a question in my sessions and courses that what is the actual difference between these two actions. The explanation is simple but very important to Read more about Reference vs Duplicate in Power BI; Power Query Back to Basics[…]

Data Science Virtual Machine

  Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) is a virtual machine on the Azure cloud that is customized for doing data science. DSVM has some pre-configured and pre-install tools that help users to build the AI applications. DSVM will assist data science team to access a consistent setup. In this post, a brief introduction to DSVM Read more about Data Science Virtual Machine[…]