Column or Bar chart can be easily used for showing a single measure’s insight across a category. Mixed charts such as Line and Column chart can be used for showing two measure and comparing their values across a set of categories. However there are some charts that can be used to show values of three Read more about Storytelling with Power BI Scatter Chart[…]
There are many DAX functions for covering day-to-day business-related calculations using measures and calculated columns. However, there is also a set of functions that can be helpful to the BI team and developers in gaining insights from the Power BI model itself. The insights can include things such as the number of both-directional relationships, the Read more about Power BI Model Analysis using DAX INFO Functions[…]
You must have heard the buzzword “Medallion architecture.” if you are working in the data space, and have listened to a lot of other misconceptions with it, such as Medallion architecture is different than Microsoft Fabric, or Microsoft Fabric is similar to the medallion architecture, or even things such as we don’t use medallion architecture Read more about Medallion Architecture in Fabric: Why? What? and How?[…]
Have you ever wanted to match two tables together but not on exact matches, but also on a threshold of similarity? if your answer to this question is yes, then this feature is built for you. Let’s explore in details how the fuzzy matching works in Power BI. To learn more about Power BI, read Read more about Fuzzy Matching in Power BI and Power Query; Match based on Similarity Threshold[…]
Finding rows that are in one table, but not the other is one of the most common scenarios happening in any data related applications. You may have customer records coming from two sources, and want to find data rows that exist in one, but not the other. In Power Query, you can use Merge to Read more about Find Mismatch Rows with Power Query in Power BI[…]
As I mentioned earlier in Power BI online book, Power Query is a functional language. Knowing functions is your best helper when you work with a functional language. Fortunately Power Query both in Excel and Power BI can use shared keyword to reveal a document library of all functions. I’ve written about shared keyword almost Read more about Power Query Library of Functions; Shared Keyword[…]
Aggregation can speed up the performance of DirectQuery sourced tables significantly. To use it, firstly, you need to create an aggregation table. Secondly, you must set up proper storage modes for tables in the model. Finally, you have to configure the aggregation functions, which I will explain in this post. You can learn about aggregation Read more about Power BI Aggregations Step 3: Configure Aggregation Functions and Test Aggregations in Action[…]
In Microsoft Fabric, the Data Factory is the workload for ETL and data integration, and the Data Pipeline is a component in that workload for orchestrating the execution flow. There are activities in the pipeline, and you can define in which order you want the activities to run. In this article and video, you will Read more about Control the Execution Order and Output State in Fabric Data Pipeline[…]
Although this seems to be a simple thing to do, it is not a function that you can turn on or off. If you have a Dataflow that does the ETL and transforms and prepares the data, then to get the most up-to-date data into the report, you will need to refresh the Power BI Read more about Refresh Power BI Semantic Model After Dataflow Automatically[…]
