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Most people working for a single organization are unlikely to run into this use case, but if you’re a consultant like me then this issue will annoy you. In Power BI Desktop, authentication ag…

Microsoft Power BI rose to its leading position in the BI market on the back of its top-shelf PowerQuery self-service ETL and VertiPaq in-memory engine as well as its familiarity and integration fo…

In a previous entry we saw how to use Cascading Style Sheets with Power BI’s HTML Content visual do apply dynamic visual effects outside what’s commonly expected within the platform. Wh…

This is a very short, simple article about how to have a multi-select slicer in Power BI. Power BI slicer is in fact multi-select by default, however, there is a very small option that if you set it, makes it even easier to use, let’s talk about it. If you want to learn more about Read more about Multi-Select Slicer in Power BI[…]

Over the past few years, along with the high adoption rate of Power BI, also came the development of new tools by the Power BI community. Customers, partners, and individual users are contributing tools that improve the productivity of users creating models and reports in Power BI. It’s an evolution of a trend that started several years ago with tools that support developers using Analysis Services as a backend platform for their enterprise Business Intelligence solutions.

This article is the state-of-the-art guide of the development tools for Power BI and Analysis Services models, providing guidance to improve productivity an

While some cloud BI tools such as Amazon QuickSight do all their authoring in the browser, Microsoft chose to develop a dedicated client creatively named Power BI Desktop. Its initial release as &#…

This article describes the available options to filter data in Power BI by using slicers and filters. After an initial description of the features available

Last year was a phenomenal year, and what better way to kick off 2020 than with a bunch of new features (including relationships and dependancies) to make your life easier as yo…

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Can we use source control with Power BI? We get this question ALL THE TIME! Adam walks you through what your options are and how this works today with Power BI. ALM Toolkit: http://alm-toolkit.com/ Tabular Editor: https://tabulareditor.com/ Latest updates for Deployment Pipelines: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/announcing-new-deployment-pipelines-capabilities/ Source Control Idea https://ideas.powerbi.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=c73d887d-042e-4ca0-8216-bcb09bd282ab

Paradigm BI Posts - Paradigm BI and Active Business Intelligence Updates - This is the companion blog post to the Planner In Power BI YouTube Video.  If you ar

At BlueGranite, we have previously showcased the key AI features in Power BI, but I am taking a different approach by attempting to list all the ways AI is built into Power BI.

This trick will blow your mind! Learn how to create a custom rating visual by writing a few lines of DAX!

Automatic Page Refresh is not a commonly used feature, but it is very powerful when used in conjunction with the Power Automate visual to refresh Power BI datasets.

It is very common to have multiple reports for different audiences, while there is also one (group of) user(s) that requires to have an overview over all these different insights. The main challeng…

Certifying content in Power BI should be a very meaningful designation. In this post & video we cover: The two types of endorsements in the Power BI Service What types of content can be endorsed The meaning of certification for data, reports, and apps

Context is the key when you are creating a report! Learn how to provide an insight in the most effective way, by removing distractions from your visuals!

This article describes how to use KEEPFILTERS in DAX iterator functions to preserve arbitrarily shaped filters in context transition. When you apply a filte

Have you ever wanted to use images instead of "regular" text on axis? Or, even within the slicer? Check this simple technique and you're good to go!

How do you build your skills in Power BI? PowerBI.tips brings you key ideas to help you build a learning path and continue to grow.

Reasons why you probably won't be able to use Power BI in DirectQuery mode on top of a REST API

Join Arun Ulagaratchagan on May 4th, 2021 at Microsoft Business Applications Summit!Join the Power BI team and be inspired by exciting new features, see amazing demos, learn about our roadmap, see …

Here are resources to help you learn how to use Paginated reports. You will need a premium capacity or Premium per user license. If you have any extra resources please reach out to me on Twitter …

For a while now, I have been wanting to have the capability in Power Query to select a query by name PROGRAMMATICALLY. Why? Building a SelectQuery Function would allow me to execute one of multiple “Transform” queries depending on a user selection on the Excel sheet. This will help me process log fil

Bring DML to Power BI with Power Automate – Delete Records An exciting addition to Power BI April release is Power Automate Visual. This adds a host of capabilities to Power BI directly without relying on Power Apps. Users can now activate PA flows directly at the click of a button from Power BI p...

A lot of us work with Power Query Editor in Power BI and are familiar with its different capabilities that it provides to a report developer. I was recently approached by one of my colleagues who has started learning Power BI, to check if there is a way to implement CONTAINS functionality on a TEXT ...

Two of my previous posts are related to creating an automated data dictionary - something I believe is essential to inform users about your model and to promote a more optimal use of your model. The …