It just got easier to create multi-language reports for Power BI.

I had to do this for a client the other day, and I realized I hadn’t blogged about it. Let’s say you need to include data in a Power BI model, but the only source of the data is a matri…

Announcing Public Preview of new My workspace governance features that address some of the pain points of governing My workspaces for Power BI Service Admins

This feature allows users to export an Excel table from a Power BI report and keep that table connected to Power BI by refreshing it in the Excel grid.

Too many organizations are still struggling to go big with Power Platform not because of limitations in technology, but because of their own outmoded ways of doing business, though I know of no other move that IT decision makers in organizations across the economy and around the world can make that

DAX is more than the name of my new puppy

My post on which languages to learn as a Power BI developer resonated with many people so I thought I'd take a step back and write about how to navigate the various facets of the business intelligence job market. Where language selection is effectively a tactical tool choice, in this entry we'll focus on the

Thanks to the latest backup and restore improvements, you can now restore a backup file even when the dataset size is near the Power BI Premium SKU limitation. You no longer need to be concerned that dataset size limits impact restorability. When restoring a dataset with the /forceRestore option, Power BI will try its best to perform the restore operation even when the available memory is limited.

Now you can embed entire Power BI organizational apps in Microsoft Teams tabs. By adding Org apps in channels and meetings, you enable everyone to access the data they need.

New year, new features! We are excited to announce the general availability of the Viva Goals Power BI integration and three new Metrics features specifically answering common customer asks. A new, optional column for milestones, scorecard time zones, and a handy auto collapse / auto expand feature.

Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Power BI Dataset Scale-Out, a dataset feature enabling enterprise customers to support large-scale Power BI solutions without any additional administrative overhead or infrastructure complexity.

For many people, data storytelling is just an extension of data visualization. Most of the focus is spent on the explanatory data visualization techniques that are employed in data stories. By focusing primarily on the visuals, the two other key elements of data stories--data and narrative--are often misunderstood and overlooked. It's time for organizations to embrace a more balanced approach to data storytelling that is centered around the effective communication of insights, not just the data visualization aspects.

Excel’s new Automate tab allows you to tackle your automation needs quickly using Power Automate. All from within the same tab, you can build Office Scripts and enhance their capabilities using Power Automate. For example, you can connect your Office Script to one of Power Automate’s 800+ connectors like Outlook to send daily emails summarizing changes made to your workbook. Get creative, the automation possibilities are endless!

Power Apps can look amazing if you have a strong understanding of design principles & UI UX skills. Try these 5 Power Apps design tips.

Power Apps work great as a standalone tool for replacing your old spreadsheet with a more structured and cloud native data entry solution. However, what if I told you that: Power Apps can be embedded into your Power BI Reports Power Apps can display, and let user interact with, data coming from your

DAX window functions can result in simpler, more efficient SQL when using Power BI DirectQuery mode and a greater likelihood that aggregations are used

In this post, we examine how personal data can be used in personal projects to help us learn Power BI.

I often get asked which tool or language I would recommend for creating data visualizations. Like many responses in the world of technology (and perhaps the world in general as well), the answer is almost always "It depends.

Metrics layer is the rising “missing component” of the modern data stack. I dive into functionalities provided by 10 prominent players in the space and contrast them with a player no on…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Power BI Gen2 capacity model significantly changed the way that Power BI resources are shared among multiple or reserved for individual customers. Attempting to draw a good analogy of how capacities work, however, leads to significant oversimplification. Simple analogies...

I love Excel as an alternative to Power BI reports, especially now that Excel Online allows you to interact with browser-based Excel reports that use Power BI datasets or the Excel Data Model (aka …

Thoughts on why Power BI is a semantic layer and a metrics layer

The filter arguments in CALCULATE can be written as logical conditions with certain restrictions. This article explains the more common errors in these cond

People have done creative things with SVG measures in Power BI, ranging from KPI cards to infographics to fun games. For my latest Workout Wednesday challenge, I used SVG measures to make holiday c…

Power Platform Pipelines aim to democratize application lifecycle management (ALM) for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 customers by bringing deployment automation capabilities into the product in a manner that’s more approachable for all makers, admins, and developers.

Microsoft Graph toolkit is amazing, but unfortunately not available for Power Apps - Let's fix that!

In this post I will show how to call Dataverse Custom APIs from a Canvas App with the use of a generic Power Automate Flow and the new ParseJSON functionality.

Explore the many benefits of leveraging code and no-code analytics technologies during your analytics go-to-market strategy with this blog.