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[…]
How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 2 of 3 – Calculated Measures) When I first started to play with DAX, one of the functions that seemed to confuse me more than it should, was how to add ranking to my data. It didn’t seem to matter what the data was, if I followed the Read more about How to use RANKX in DAX (Part 1 of 3 – Calculated Columns)[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Previous versions of Power BI Helper had some features related to the visualization part and the modelling part of a Power BI file. This latest release of Power BI helper, can export the entire M or Power Query script into a file or into clipboard. Sometimes, especially when the number of queries in the Power Read more about Export the Entire M Power Query Script from a Power BI File, New Version of Power BI Helper, Search based on Field Description in the Model[…]
A recent post on a community.powerbi.com forum asked if it was possible to show a slicer of months, and configure a report so when a user selects a single month from the slicer, visuals will show data for a date range relative to that selection e.g. the preceding 10 months of data. If a user Read more about Dynamic Date Range from Slicer[…]