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Schedule Refresh Local Files on Power BI Web Site

I get this question asked in webinars, speakings, and comments on my blog posts that Is it possible to use a local file as a source in Power BI and schedule that to be refreshed? The answer is Yes, of Course. You can host your files locally or on a server on premises, and then Read more about Schedule Refresh Local Files on Power BI Web Site[…]

Meetup Data Source for Power BI

There are many SaaS (Software as a Service) data sources for Power BI, such as Mailchimp, SalesForce, and etc. However I haven’t found anything for Meetup. Meetup on the other hand is a data source that event organizers such as myself use mostly. In this post I will be using Meetup API to connect from Read more about Meetup Data Source for Power BI[…]

Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update; Quick Check

Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update is out now, and there is still no official announcement in Power BI blog for it, however Koen already posted a blog post about it. Just to name a few major updates; Conditional Formatting, Quick Calc, and Three new standard measures. Here are my first glance view of these Read more about Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update; Quick Check[…]

Power Query; Convert Time Stamp to Date Time

Power Query has number of Date and Time functions that convert values to date and time. However I haven’t found a function that converts a timestamp value. Fortunately it is easy to calculate a date time from a timestamp value. In this post I’ll explain an easy way of converting timestamp to date time. To Read more about Power Query; Convert Time Stamp to Date Time[…]

Azure Machine Learning with Power BI SandDance Visualization

You’ve seen a number of custom visualizations of Power BI that we’ve used in Power BI online book previously. In this post you will learn through a quick video how SandDance custom visualization of Power BI can be used to visualize clustering result set of an Azure Machine Learning model. In this video I’ll start Read more about Azure Machine Learning with Power BI SandDance Visualization[…]

Data Preparation is the Keystone – Free Webinar

Join me to learn about Data Preparation with Power Query and Power BI. This free webinar hosted by Power BI team and I will speak about techniques in Power Query that helps you transform the data and prepare it in the way required for your business. Expect many demos in this session from Power Query Read more about Data Preparation is the Keystone – Free Webinar[…]

Temporal Tables and Their Roles in ETL and Data Warehouse

It is my pleasure to speak in PASS 24 Hours session for Evolution of Data Platform on the topic above. I look forward to meet you all in this webinar. registration is free, but limited. So reserve your seat now. Here are some information about my session and 24HOP. 24HOP 24 Hours of PASS is Read more about Temporal Tables and Their Roles in ETL and Data Warehouse[…]

Slides of My Session at SqlBits 2016: Azure Data Factory vs SSIS

Sqlbits 2016 was my first SqlBits ever, after few efforts in past few years. This time I managed to go to Liverpool, and meet many friends from UK and Europe who I haven’t met in person before. It was a pleasure to meet you all there. In this post I’ve shared my session slides. I Read more about Slides of My Session at SqlBits 2016: Azure Data Factory vs SSIS[…]

Slides and Materials for PASS BA 2016 Conference

I have to first and foremost thanks to all attendees to my session at PASS Business Analytics 2016 conference, It was pleasure to have you all. Some of you mentioned that you are already using some contents from my blog which is great, and I’m humbled to hear this. I’ll definitly do more effort to Read more about Slides and Materials for PASS BA 2016 Conference[…]