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ApproximateDistinctCount DAX function now works on more DirectQuery sources in Power BI
ApproximateDistinctCount now works for BigQuery, Databricks and Snowflake sources in Power BI
Explore new capabilities in Microsoft Power BI at the Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event
Businesses today are constantly facing new and bigger challenges. Technology is diversifying and evolving faster than ever to address these issues, giving industries across the board a growing number of solutions to sift through.
Refreshing a Power BI Dataset using an HTTPS URL - FourMoo | Power BI | Data Analytics
In this blog post I explain how to use Power Automate and using an HTTPS URL to refresh a Power BI Dataset with email notification.
Reinventing collaboration with AI in Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop is the latest app from Microsoft to help teams think, plan, and create together like never before. We have been listening to many customers in our early feedback sessions, and in these sessions a pattern emerged. Every person we spoke to valued collaboration. And they continued to str...
Learn how to enable the Microsoft Loop app, now in Public Preview
As organizations continue to evolve in these dynamic times, they need modern tools that can embrace ambiguity and enable people to work where and how they want to in order to be effective. Microsoft Loop is the perfect solution for your teams to think, plan, and create together, like never before, e...
Document your #powerbi model with #chatGPT and a #tabulareditor script and browse it in your model
Inspired by Darrens Gosbell’s excellent blog post – Automatically generating measure descriptions for Power BI and Analysis Services with ChatGPT and Tabular Editor – Random Procrastina…
Tips for Debugging your DAX Code — ehansalytics
When trying to get your DAX measures to work correctly, there are a number of tools you can use to debug, which I will briefly mention, but not go into depth on. Instead, this post is about how to think about debugging your code. I am focusing on DAX here, but many of the methods would apply to an
Understanding Group By Columns in Power BI - SQLBI
This article describes how Power BI uses the Group By Columns attribute of a column and how you can leverage it in specific scenarios. In Power BI you can s
Deep dive into the new Apply all slicers and Clear all slicers buttons!
Want to make multiple selections across all the slicers on your report page then apply them at once? Need a quick way to clear all the slicer’s selections at once, without a bookmark? Now you can!
Analysis Services server properties in Power BI Premium are now in general availability
General availability for the additional Analysis Services settings for workspaces in Power BI.
Why Do You Need a Style Guide For Data Projects? - 5MinuteBI
Data development projects, especially those involving multiple developers, languages, and platforms, can quickly become overwhelming without proper organization and consistency. One solution to this challenge is to implement a style guide.
Multiple Linear Regression in Power BI - Ben's Blog
In this post, I will describe how to implement Multiple Linear Regression in Power BI using DAX only.
One Hot Encoding in Power BI - Ben's Blog
In a recent post where I described how to implement multiple linear regression in Power BI, I had to perform one hot encoding to make my categorical variable usable by the model. So I decided to make another short post to explain what is hot encoding and how to implement it in Power BI using Power Query. Why do need to perform Hot Encoding? In machine learning or statistical algorithms, many models require to have only numerical input variables. So...p class="read-more"a class="btn btn-default" href="https://datakuity.com/2023/03/15/one-hot-encoding-in-power-bi/" Read Morespan class="screen-reader-text" Read More/span/a/p
Power BI Metrics: Hierarchies performance tips
Top 5 tips for improving performance of hierarchies in Power BI Metrics
Now in preview: CoE Starter Kit backed by data from self-serve analytics data export
In 2019, we launched the Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit – a set of templates that are designed to help you get started with developing a strategy for adopting, maintaining and supporting Microsoft Power Platform, with a focus on Power Apps and Power Automate. In the past three years we’ve continued to evolve and innovate as we learn from our customers. Today we’re excited to announce that the CoE Starter Kit can now use data provided by self-serve analytics as a foundation for inventory and telemetry, enabling rich insights built for scale.
Announcing a next-generation AI Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps that will transform low-code development
Today, we’re announcing a next-generation AI Copilot in Microsoft Power Apps that will transform how we build and interact with software applications. With the power of large language models, we are advancing to the next step in the evolution of code abstraction—moving from custom code, to low-code, to natural language authoring where human and machine work side by side to build applications together.
Build solutions with Microsoft Power Platform and AI - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
Use Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI to solve business problems and enhance productivity in the flow of work. Learn more.
Power Platform is leading a new era of AI-generated low-code app development - Microsoft Power Platform Blog
The union of AI and low-code revolutionizes the way solutions are built and fundamentally transforms the way people work, collaborate, and create. Learn more.
Power BI: Dynamic Icons in Power BI...
How to make Dynamic Icons in Power BI...
Power BI Custom Icons | PBI Visualization Technique - Unlock the Power of Data
I will discuss one of my favorite techniques around Power BI custom icons, which uses custom icons in a dynamic way in Power BI visuals.
How to Create Custom Buttons in Power BI | endjin
In this post we will talk through a step-by-step guide for how to design and build custom buttons in Power BI. We'll start with the basic foundations of shape and form, to applying icons, states, and actions with the view to extending your brand collateral across your report design and UI.
Releasing the February Update for the Developer Tools (Power Platform CLI)
We are happy to finally release our February update for the Power Platform CLI. For those of you who are new, our pattern has been that we release an update for the work done in the last month, in the current month. Usually, we each include some new capabilities, along with the usual fixes that…
Try the new Power Fx Formula Bar in Power Apps Studio
A new Power Fx editing experience Today we are announcing a new Power Fx formula editing experience in Power Apps Studio.  The new formula editor is available an experimental feature that we encourage you to turn on in your apps and try out!  The new editor is based on the powerful Monaco shared code editor…
The Best Guide to FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE() Differences
In this article, I clearly layout the differences when using FILTER or CALCULATE TABLE.
Thinking Power Query - M data structures and a not so simple challenge
An introduction to M data structures and how understanding these structures helps to apply more complex transformations to your data.
Loop: Update - Prepare Microsoft 365 for the Microsoft Loop a...
If you want your organisation to use the Microsoft Loop app, follow these steps to enable Microsoft 365 to support it....
Power Platform Community Call – March 2023
3 demos - From Epilepsy to MVP - Empowerment using the Power Platform, Igniting a Power Automate Revolution: What Happens When Salespeople like to Click Buttons? and Quality Assurance with Power Platform Pipelines using Power Apps, 36 assets delivered.
New GitHub Sample Workflows for Power Platform
Wait there are GitHub actions for Power Platform? Power Platform Build Tools as they are...
Power BI March 2023 Feature Summary
After almost 10 years, support for Windows 8.1 has ended on January 10, 2023. In line with this, we will stop support for Power BI Desktop on Windows 8.1 on January 31, 2024. After that, Power BI Desktop will only be supported on Windows 10 and newer. The January 2024 release of Power BI Desktop for Report Server will be the last release to support Windows 8.1, and this version will only receive security updates until January 2025 per the Modern Lifecycle Policy.