Implementing a Power BI solution is not just about developing reports, creating a data model, or using visuals. Power BI, like any other technologies, can be used in a correct, or incorrect way. Any technology can be used more effective if it harnesses the right architecture. A right architecture can be achieved after a requirement Read more about Power BI Architecture Guidelines[…]
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[…]
If you work for an organisation that stores thumbnail images of staff inside Active Directory, you can probably access these and incorporate the images in your Power BI Reports. This is a great way of making an internal staff report look fantastic – and it’s easy! Step 1. Click Get Data from the Home tab Read more about Add Photos to Power BI from Active Directory[…]
I am seating in the front row of keynote for Data and BI Summit 2018 in Dublin ran by Dynamic Communities. There will be some great announcements today about upcoming Power BI features. Here in this blog post I will list these features. Incremental Refresh The most wanted feature of Power BI for refreshing data Read more about Power BI Announcements in Data&BI Summit 2018 Dublin Keynote[…]
Part 1 of 3 Using RANKX in calculated measures Part 2 of 3 Using RANKX in calculated columns This article concludes my epic series detailing how to use the RANKX function in DAX. In this episode, Frodo finally reaches Mt. Doom and successfully uses RANKX to find the best path into the mountain and complete Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 3 of 3 – The Finale)[…]
RevoScaleR Package RevoScaleR is packages created by Revolution Analytics (own by Microsoft) with the aim of importing, transforming, and analyzing data at scale. There are different categories of functions for the data store, imports and save as, data transformation, draw some charts such as histogram, line and so forth, descriptive analysis, predictive analysis, package Read more about Microsoft SQl Server ML Services: RevoScaleR Package[…]
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[…]
The first article in this series looked at to use the RANKX function in a calculated column to apply ranking to your data. This article will show how you can use the RANKX function in a calculated measure. The PBIX file used for this article can be downloaded here. I will use the same 10-row data-set and Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 2 of 3 – Calculated Measures)[…]
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[…]
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[…]