Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 3

Previously You have seen in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, that how you can use Power Query to do data transformation and turn the result of event date/time scheduler of timeanddate.com website to a better format. We’ve used number of basic transformations, and some functions such as Table.Transpose to fetch desired output. Read more about Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 3[…]

Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 2

In first part of this series I’ve explained that Power Query can be used for non-BI scenarios, and here is a real-world use case example; Creating an event date and time scheduler which consider multiple time zones. In previous post you’ve learned how to use Power Query to do some data mash up to build Read more about Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 2[…]

Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 1

Previously you have read how to use Power Query as the data transformation component of Power BI and you learned how to use it in BI applications. You can read more about Power Query usage in BI in Power BI online book from Rookie to Rock Star. In this series I will explain how to Read more about Power Query Not for BI: Event Date and Time Scheduler – Part 1[…]

Row Level Security in Power BI; Regardless of Data Source

Almost couple of weeks ago Power BI update added the new functionality in security. This functionality enables you to apply row level security to roles and add users under each role. This is really helpful when you want people from one branch, city, department, or store to be able to only see their part of Read more about Row Level Security in Power BI; Regardless of Data Source[…]

KPIs and Power BI; Visualization Aspect

In every reporting solution you might feel KPI as a requirement. KPI or Key Performance Indicator is a measure for business to understand how they are acting in specific area that is very import for their business. Power BI supports built-in visualization for KPI, and there are also some good custom visuals that can be Read more about KPIs and Power BI; Visualization Aspect[…]

Step Beyond the 10GB Limitation of Power BI

Power BI free allows you to have 1GB data per user, and pro 10GB. However in many organizations you have much bigger size of data than 10GB, sometimes you deal with Tera bytes, even Peta bytes of data. Is Power BI limiting you for the visualization? Short answer; No! In this post I’ll explain you Read more about Step Beyond the 10GB Limitation of Power BI[…]

Pivot and Unpivot with Power BI

Turning columns to rows, or rows to columns is easy with Power Query and Power BI. There are many situations that you get a name, value data source, and wants to convert that into columns with values underneath. On the other hand many times you get multiple columns and want to change it to name, Read more about Pivot and Unpivot with Power BI[…]

Relationship in Power BI with Multiple Columns

You can create relationships in Power BI between tables. Relationships are useful for some functions to work across multiple tables and produce the result. Relationship between tables also makes visualization and report elements more efficient, because result of selection in one chart can affect another chart from different table. However there is a limitation in Read more about Relationship in Power BI with Multiple Columns[…]

Secret of Time Intelligence Functions in Power BI

If you be familiar with Power Pivot you know that there is a functionality in Power Pivot for setting a table as a Date Table. This enables time intelligence functions such as year to date to work properly over your data model. However this option is not available in Power BI Desktop. There is no Read more about Secret of Time Intelligence Functions in Power BI[…]

Scenarios of Using Calculated Tables in Power BI

Calculated tables first introduced in September 2015 update of Power BI Desktop. The name speak for itself; these are tables created by calculation. As these are in-memory tables their calculation is based on DAX (Data Analysis eXpression language). There are many benefits of using Calculated tables, such as using them for role playing dimensions (for Read more about Scenarios of Using Calculated Tables in Power BI[…]