SQL Server Reporting Services Integration with Power BI

Power BI Report Server can host Power BI reports on-premises, and you’ve learned about it in the previous post. There is another integration between SQL Server Reporting Services and Power BI service; this integration brings tiles from SSRS reports pinned to a Power BI dashboard with scheduled updates from SQL Server agent. The integration of Read more about SQL Server Reporting Services Integration with Power BI[…]

Power BI Export to Power Point: Things You Need to Know

Exporting a Power BI report to PowerPoint is a good way of integrating these two tools together. The analytical power of Power BI combined with the commentary and presentation features of PowerPoint enables you to present your reports differently. You can export almost any Power BI report (limitations mentioned in this post) to PowerPoint, and Read more about Power BI Export to Power Point: Things You Need to Know[…]

Usage Metrics or Do It Yourself Power BI Monitoring Report

One of the features of Power BI Service is usage metrics report on a dashboard or report. The usage metrics report will give you an analysis of how many times the content is viewed or share, through which platforms, and by which users. You can also create your own monitoring report based on the model Read more about Usage Metrics or Do It Yourself Power BI Monitoring Report[…]

Report Page Tooltip – Revolution in Visualization of Power BI

Very exciting feature that is added in the most recent version of Power BI Desktop March 2018 is Report Page Tooltips. This is a specific type of tooltip which can be a report itself. which this feature you can have your drill down report designed separately, and then with hovering on a chart, you can Read more about Report Page Tooltip – Revolution in Visualization of Power BI[…]

Power BI Embedded; Power BI in a Custom Application

Power BI leverages a very powerful method of sharing named Power BI Embedded. This method of sharing is important because of mainly two specific features of it. With this method, you can share Power BI content in your custom application, and you can share it with your custom application users, regardless if they have Power Read more about Power BI Embedded; Power BI in a Custom Application[…]

Power BI Issue Fix: Import from Excel Workbook Contents; Password Protection Failure

One of the great features of Power BI Desktop is the ability to import your entire Power Pivot Excel model into it. This is an awesome feature, because you can import the entire model including tables, relationships, calculations, and hierarchies into the Power BI. This is a great migration feature from Excel to Power BI. Read more about Power BI Issue Fix: Import from Excel Workbook Contents; Password Protection Failure[…]

Unleash Security Patterns in Power BI; Webinar Recording and Materials

Thanks to all attendees of my Power BI webinar last Friday. I hope you all enjoyed it. I explained a number of the most common row level security patterns in Power BI with some DAX expressions, in this post you will find the description of webinar, recording, and link to all demos and materials. Although Read more about Unleash Security Patterns in Power BI; Webinar Recording and Materials[…]

Embed Power BI in SharePoint Online; Office 365 Integrated Sharing

In this article, you’ll learn about another method of sharing called Embed in SharePoint online. Embedding in SharePoint online is an excellent method to share Power BI content through a SharePoint portal. Because Power BI and Office 365 accounts are bound to each other, this method of sharing is prevalent for SharePoint users. You can Read more about Embed Power BI in SharePoint Online; Office 365 Integrated Sharing[…]

Creating Machine learning Development and Production Environment in Power BI

  There is need to isolate the development and production environment in most of all projects. Setting up these environments help us to deliver a more reliable product to our customers. Machine learning projects also need a development, Test and Production environment. In this post, I am going to show you how we can do Read more about Creating Machine learning Development and Production Environment in Power BI[…]

Power BI Desktop; Getting Started – Part 1

There are some reasons that I chose Power BI Desktop for the very first demo of this book. Power BI Desktop has three components all in one (Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power View), it can upload directly to Power BI website, and it is a recently released product with many shining features. In this section I Read more about Power BI Desktop; Getting Started – Part 1[…]