With Power BI real-time streaming, you can stream data and update dashboards in real-time. Any visual or dashboard that can be created in Power BI can also be created to display and update real-tim…
The Publish to web default is changing and it affects who can create public embed codes
The change to the Publish to web default experience announced in 2019 will start rolling out this week. It requires Power BI admins to take action before users can create new publish to web embed codes. This blog help you understand what users can expect and what actions admins should take as the change rolls out.
Power BI Event Activity Log API – Easy way to get it! — Powered Solutions
The easiest way to get data from the new Power BI REST API Event Activity Log. It uses a Power BI Custom Connector with start and end date parameters to query the data from the API.
How to find who has been allocated Power BI Licenses
If you are looking to find out information about your Power BI Licensing or whom the Power BI Pro licenses have been allocated this blog post is for you.
Reference from Another Query in Dataflow – No Premium Needed – Power Platform Dataflows
I have previously explained one of the benefits of Power Platform dataflows, which was the ability to refresh the data as many times as you want (on a scheduled basis), and the ability to refresh even with the frequency of a minute. Another useful feature of Power Platform dataflows is the ability to have referenced…
Managing the assignment of Power BI Pro licenses is a fundamental task of Power BI administrators. The Power BI admin, the BI team, and possibly other stakeholders may all pose a number of common q…
Getting Started with the New Power BI Activity Log API
Activity monitoring and troubleshooting with the new logging API is focused entirely on Power BI tenant events like dashboard, interactive and paginated reports views, deployments, errors and data …
Why reports obtained with Analyze in Excel can be slower - SQLBI
This article describes the reasons why an Excel pivot table may be slow when using the Analyze in Excel feature of Power BI. Power BI uses the Analysis Serv
Refresh Power BI Queries Through Power Platform Dataflows: Unlimited Times with Any Frequency
If you don't have a Power BI Premium capacity license, then you are limited to refresh your dataflows up to eight times a day, with the frequency of 30 minutes. The good news for you is that you have a way to do unlimited refreshes and with whatever frequency you like using Power Platform Dataflows.…
The Postman app is useful as a developer if you want to send requests and see responses when interacting with Web APIs, as well as seeing what the calls actually do. In this post, we will look at how to call the Power BI REST API from Postman. First, follow the instructions here to register an Azure App to use with Power BI. Note the client id and secret. Next, … Continue reading How to Call the Power BI REST API from Postman
How to Refresh Multiple Power BI Datasets using Power Automate and the Power BI API
This post comes from a question following on from my Refresh a Power BI Dataset with a Button post which I shared on LinkedIn. The question was, “I wanted to refresh more than one data set in the power bi pro”. You could do this by building out multiple buttons, or you could do this by performing multiple actions within a single flow. You could also do this by calling the … Continue reading How to Refresh Multiple Power BI Datasets using Power Automate and the Power BI API
INTERIOR: pan over cubicles of happy, productive office workers CLOSE-UP: office worker at desk NARRATOR: Is that Susie I see, giving Power Platform dataflows a try? SUSIE: That’s right! With…
As a follow-up to my last blog, Azure Synapse Analytics & Power BI performance, I wanted to focus on concurrency when using these two products. A common question I here from customers is becaus…
We are excited to announce the availability of a new Power BI API called the activity log, which enables Power BI service admins to track user and admin activities within a Power BI tenant.
Heads up: The Publish to web default is changing and it affects who can create public embed codes
In the coming weeks we will roll out a change to our default settings that requires Power BI admins to allow public embedding before end users can create new embed codes using Publish to web. The change will not affect existing embed codes, which will keep working as they have been. Read this blog to learn when the changes are coming and how you can prepare.
Insights For All with Azure Synapse Analytics: DW and Power BI
Microsoft Azure provides compelling, best-in-class tools for data storage, analysis, orchestration, security, and AI. When combined with Power BI, data analytics and outcomes are unmatched.
Power Platform Sessions at Community Summit Barcelona
Working on a list of Microsoft sessions for Community Summit in Barcelona…please note this is still draft while I confirm the speakers! April 9-12 the Power Platform product team will be in Bar…