Category: Power BI from Rookie to Rockstar

Refresh Power BI Queries Through Power Platform Dataflows: Unlimited Times with Any Frequency

Posted on by Reza Rad

If you don’t have a Power BI Premium capacity license, then you are limited to refresh your dataflows up to eight times a day, with the frequency of 30 minutes. The good news for you is that you have a way to do unlimited refreshes and with whatever frequency you like using Power Platform Dataflows. Read more about Refresh Power BI Queries Through Power Platform Dataflows: Unlimited Times with Any Frequency[…]

Change Excel Source in Power BI to OneDrive for Business – No Gateway Needed

Posted on by Reza Rad

If you used an excel file in a local source (or even OneDrive for Business, but sourced locally), you need to do one extra step to make your query refreshable without the need to the gateway. Here in this blog post, I’ll explain an easy way to do that change. If you want to learn Read more about Change Excel Source in Power BI to OneDrive for Business – No Gateway Needed[…]

DAX Variables: Better Readability, Consistency, and Performance in Power BI Calculations

Posted on by Reza Rad

Have you ever had a scenario that you need to use part of your calculation multiple times? You might go and create a table or column for that and then re-use it. However, there are times that you just need that calculation to be re-used multiple times within one place. DAX variables can help you Read more about DAX Variables: Better Readability, Consistency, and Performance in Power BI Calculations[…]

Calculate Totals in Power BI: Using Iterators in DAX

Posted on by Reza Rad

The total value that you see in a table is not actually SUM of all values in that column, it is, in fact, the calculation, when there is no filter. This, however, might not be the calculation that we want sometimes. we might want this value to be the sum of values of that column Read more about Calculate Totals in Power BI: Using Iterators in DAX[…]

Time Series Anomaly Detection in Power BI using Cognitive Service and Power Query

Posted on by Leila Etaati

I am excited about this blog post, this is based on the New service in Cognitive Service name “Anomaly Detection” which is now in Preview. I recorded a video about how it works in cognitive service https://youtu.be/7ZOtZDbn6gM.  However, I am going to talk about how to use it in Power BI. In this post first, a Read more about Time Series Anomaly Detection in Power BI using Cognitive Service and Power Query[…]

Same Period Last Year to Date DAX Calculation in Power BI

Posted on by Reza Rad

I have previously written about how to calculate the same period last year calculation and compare this year’s values with the last year’s values. However, sometimes, you don’t yet have the full year, especially for the current year. You might want to compare this year’s value with the last year’s value up until the same Read more about Same Period Last Year to Date DAX Calculation in Power BI[…]

Pre Concatenate List of Values in Power BI using Power Query

Posted on by Reza Rad

You can concatenate a list of values in Power BI in two ways; Using Power BI DAX functions such as ConcatenateX, or through Power Query. For some scenarios, there is an advantage in using Power Query to do the concatenation. In this blog article, I’ll explain how this works. If you like to learn more Read more about Pre Concatenate List of Values in Power BI using Power Query[…]

Power Query Parameters Vs. What If Parameters: Power BI Implementation Use Cases

Posted on by Reza Rad

I have written about both types of parameters in Power BI; Power Query parameters and also the What If parameters. However, still many people are not aware that these two are different, and serve different purposes. In this blog article, I am explaining the differences between these two types of parameters, as well as the Read more about Power Query Parameters Vs. What If Parameters: Power BI Implementation Use Cases[…]

Power BI What If Parameter for Getting the Sales of X months ago: Use Case Scenario

Posted on by Reza Rad

There are two types of parameters in Power BI, Power Query parameters, and What if parameters. In this article, I’m going to explain a very useful use case of the what-if parameters, and if you haven’t ever worked with it, it is a great way to understand what is What If parameters and what things Read more about Power BI What If Parameter for Getting the Sales of X months ago: Use Case Scenario[…]

Slicer with AND condition in Power BI

Posted on by Reza Rad

The default behaviour of the slicer in Power BI is that it shows the result of OR when you select multiple items. For example, if you have a slicer for product colour, and then you select both “Black”, and “Blue” the result would be all records that have “Black”, OR “Blue”. Of course, you won’t Read more about Slicer with AND condition in Power BI[…]