One Way to Try Microsoft Purview (Data Governance) for Free – BUT…
One of the most complained things about Microsoft Purview Data Governance is the missing of a development/trial option. The pricing of Microsoft Purview is based on different usage types – in…
A Long View On How Big Data And AI Have Transformed Business Culture
Today, as data has become a lifeblood of industry leading firms, competing on analytics has become an unquestioned mantra, and firms have anointed Chief Data Officers to occupy the C-Suite.
Power BI desktop released a new version in February of 2023, this feature breaks any custom properties observed when uploading a theme file into Power BI desktop. This video show you how to use the PowerBI.tips theme generator to generate files without any errors.
Use the Theme generator
https://themes.powerbi.tips
Customised Interactive Legends with Deneb in Power BI
Legends are a necessary part of many visuals, and in this video we look at how you can fully customise your Legend using Deneb in Power BI, and set them up to include them interactive and functional features.
Referenced documentation:
https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/docs/legend.html
Power BI dataflows: a Deep Dive into Incremental Refresh & the Enhanced Compute Engine
In this blog post I will share with you how to effectively leverage the performance boosting functionalities available in dataflows when preparing large volumes of data. I have found there are two key components that are critical for developing efficient dataflows: Enhanced Compute Engine – loads data into a temporary SQL cache and enables Power Query to leverage query folding. Incremental refresh – partitions your data into smaller chunks to refresh only what you need. Focusing on these two com
This content applies to: Power Query online Power Query DesktopThis article was authored by Ben Gribaudo, a community author. Please reach out to your Microsoft contact if you are interested in …
Lazy evaluation, streaming and immutability are key Power Query concepts which must be understood to truly grasp how Power Query “thinks.” Want to test your understanding in these foundational areas—and try to grow it—by tackling an assignment?!Your TaskCode up a single row table containing the follo
Discover the breadth of the Power Platform with simple and scalable navigation
Introducing the new and simplified Power Apps portal left navigation pane. Do you find it daunting to navigate through the menu items on the pane today? Do you wish you had a quick and easy way to pin items that are most used by you or get a quick glance of all the product features…
Power Automate Custom Power BI API Connector in GCC
In this article I will overview how to setup a custom connector and create a flow that will export a report and email it as a PDF file. This functionality requires administrative rights that will r…
Multi-tasking in Microsoft Teams with Power BI is getting better
The Power BI app for Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Office is getting updated multi-tasking experiences to help users complete their tasks faster. Read the blog for all the details.
Welcome to the February 2023 updates on Power BI Datamarts. This month, we’ve added a variety of new features based on your votes on ideas.powerbi.com. There’s more to explore, as well as a sneak peek of what’s coming soon, so please read on!
Query parallelization helps to boost Power BI dataset performance in DirectQuery mode
We are excited to announce significant query processing improvements in the Power BI engine around query parallelization in DirectQuery mode, which can help to accelerate query response times, specifically for DAX and MDX expressions that generate multiple storage engine (SE) queries.
Power BI and PowerPoint: A Powerful Combination for Data Visualization is now generally available
We are happy to announce the general availability of Power BI integration with PowerPoint. This integration makes presentations more engaging and informative by allowing users to create rich, interactive visualizations that can be embedded in PowerPoint slides. The is now available also in national clouds. The integration has also added new features such as the ability to use a single visual, leverage Smart Insights to generate text that summarizes the data in the slide, and a “What’s new” banner to keep users informed of new capabilities.
Power BI Org Apps with Multiple Audiences now Generally Available
Following our last announcement in August of launching the Public Preview of Multiple Audiences for Power BI org apps, we are excited to share that this feature is now generally available! With this, the multiple audience feature will now be supported by Power BI Mobile.
PowerBI Tips Theme Generator: The Ultimate Tool for Creating Complex Themes -
Power BI is a powerful business intelligence tool that helps organizations to gain insights into their data. With its ability to create stunning visualizations, it’s no wonder that it’s become a popular tool among businesses. [...]
Storyframing And Storyforming: Two Essential Steps That Precede Data Storytelling
Most of the focus on data storytelling is centered on the crafting and telling of data stories. However, to become a better data storyteller, it's important to recognize and understand the two essential steps that precede the telling of a data story--storyframing and storyforming. This article explores the roles that these two exploratory steps can play in identifying meaningful insights before they are crafted and shared as data stories.
but insights are much more elusive
automated dashboards is constantly refreshing, potential story points become moving targets
storyframing step to quickly generate useful observations
it can highlight results that are unusual or unique
n my experience, they are interwoven and iterative
Before you start any analysis to find insights, you must first have a good grasp of your audience’s needs, interests, and key questions
Power Automate Natural Language and Approval Flows - Carl de Souza
In this post, we will look at a new preview feature in Power Automate, the ability to use natural language to create Power Automate flows, and also the ability to build approvals with Dataverse using Power Automate. The technology behind the natural language flow creation is OpenAI, a descendant of GPT-3, which also powers GitHub Co-Pilot and Power Apps Ideas. First, let’s go to Power Automate and click on Create, … Continue reading Power Automate Natural Language and Approval Flows
Pipelines in Power Platform is Generally Available (GA)
We are pleased to announce that pipelines within Power Platform is generally available. Pipelines within Power Platform 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.
We are excited to announce direct access to Dataverse actions in Power Fx formulas as an Experimental release. As a part of the Power Fx language, authors can now directly invoke a Dataverse action within a formula. A new Power Fx ‘Environment’ language object that authors can add to their app enables access to Dataverse…