Solving DAX Time Zone Issue in Power BI

Power BI is a cloud service, and that means Power BI files are hosted somewhere. Some DAX functions such as Date/Time functions work on system date/time on the server their file is hosted on. So If you use DAX functions such as TODAY() or NOW() you will not get your local date/time, You will fetch Read more about Solving DAX Time Zone Issue in Power BI[…]

New Series of Time Series: Power BI Custom Visual (Part 5)

In previous posts, I have explained some basic concepts of time series. In the first post I have explained the basic concepts of time series, and in second and third posts I have explained: “Exponential Smoothing” for forecasting data without trend, and with the trend. In the last post, I have explained how we can Read more about New Series of Time Series: Power BI Custom Visual (Part 5)[…]

New Series of Time Series: Power BI Custom Visual (Part 4)

In this post, I am going to show how we can do time series inside Power BI using custom visual from Office store. First you need to download custom visual from office store, to download R custom visual please follow the below link https://store.office.com/en-001/appshome.aspx?ui=en-US&rs=en-001&ad=US&clickedfilter=OfficeProductFilter%3aPowerBI&productgroup=PowerBI   now we are going to download some timeseries custom visuals Read more about New Series of Time Series: Power BI Custom Visual (Part 4)[…]

Dates Between Merge Join in Power Query

Using Merge in Power Query gives you the ability to join on a EQUAL join with one or more fields between two tables. However, in some situations you need to do the Merge Join not based on equality of values, based on other comparison options. One of the very common use cases is to Merge Read more about Dates Between Merge Join in Power Query[…]

Infographic Designer: Not Just Another Visual

At the time of writing this post; there are already more than 97 custom visuals posted in Office Store. The list includes many interesting custom visuals. However, Infographic Designer is one of the visuals that is not just another visual. This custom visual has some unique features that you cannot see in many other visuals. Read more about Infographic Designer: Not Just Another Visual[…]

Power BI Custom Connector: Connect to Any Data Sources. Hello World!

One of the recent features in Power BI Desktop is the ability to create your own custom connector and use it when connecting to the data source. This feature looks just one feature, but it opens doors to many possibilities. With this feature you can write your own custom connector to any types of data Read more about Power BI Custom Connector: Connect to Any Data Sources. Hello World![…]

Choose the Right Merge Join Type in Power BI

Previously I have written a blog post explaining two ways of combining data sets with each other; Append vs Merge. In this post I want to explain in details what is the difference between all types of Merge Type and explaining how to choose the right merge (or Join) type. These Merge types are very Read more about Choose the Right Merge Join Type in Power BI[…]

Optimization Problem in Power BI using R scripts: Part 3

As I have discussed before, R is not only for doing Machine Learning (despite it is a really good tools for it), it also can be used for helping managers to so decision support. In the last two posts (Post 1 and 2), I have explained the main concepts behind the optimization problems. Also, how Read more about Optimization Problem in Power BI using R scripts: Part 3[…]

Optimization Problem in Power BI using R scripts: Part2

In the last post, I have explained the main concepts and usage of “Optimization” problems and “Linear Programming”. In this post, I am going to explain a simple example of solving an optimization problems from [1]. Imagin, we have a company that produce Product 1 and Product 2,  we want to maximize the profit of Read more about Optimization Problem in Power BI using R scripts: Part2[…]

Table with Embedded Chart in Power BI using R

Visualization is any kind of graphical representation that enable us to: Exploration, it help us to get more deep insight through huge amount of data Discovery, It also gives extra vision Analysis, it can be used to find pattern Communication, visualization help us to communicate better A few years ago Dr. Andrew Abela published a good Read more about Table with Embedded Chart in Power BI using R[…]