Let's say you just heard someone mention a Power BI app. What exactly do they mean by that? Well, it depends. The term "app" is used kind of a lot in the Power BI world. So, here's a quick reference to help you decode the conversation. I'm going to start with the most likely options, worki

In a previous blog I discussed the Common Data Service for Apps (CDS for Apps). I explained that CDS for Apps is more suitable for OLTP-type applications, which is why its main client is PowerApps app…

Connecting datasets to their data sources is arguably one of the most important tasks BI authors must accomplish after publishing a Power BI Desktop file to the Power BI service. It is perhaps also…

I haven’t written in awhile, but wanted to get this up while it was still fresh in my mind (and had some time left at lunch). Did you know Outlook had a shortcuts feature? I didn’t (or at least I didn…

Learn to Navigate Your Way Through a Power BI Dashboard in 20 Minutes.

Recently Power BI Mobile & Devices team have released some new cool features. These features address some of the most requested items we got from you – we hear you!

This blog post covers the latest updates for Power BI Developers community- Power BI Embedded and Custom Visuals.

Today, we’re pleased to announce we’ve added the ability to subscribe other users to e-mail subscriptions you setup for reports and dashboards in PowerBI.com. This highly requested feature allows Pro…

We’re almost halfway through the year and what a great start it’s been to 2018! The Power BI team has worked in full force over the last few months to deliver the features that you’ve identified to…

In this video, Adam looks at how to migrate off of Power BI Workspace Collection to Power BI Embedded. Power BI Workspace collections will be shut down on June 30, 2018. You don’t have much time befor…

Here you go! Here's a sneak-peek of the 'Meal Order' #PowerApp I've been talking about. It is filled with variables, timer controls, formulas and screens. Stay tuned for a deep-dive vBlog which also shows the #PowerBI report I built that includes an embedded PowerApp. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/9Jfnv3T7x1— Daniel Christian (@dchristian19) May 19, 2018

Recently, One of my friend called me and asked is there a way to selected the Gateway when publishing a Power BI report. My answer was NO because there is no such option currently.What Power BI doe…

Another week has flown by and there are once again more Power BI Updates, which I really enjoy. But at the same time there is so much content and blog posts that at times it is a bit of a struggle …

Join Microsoft Program Managers, Mathew Roche and Charles Sterling in this demo heavy webinar for a tour of the Common Data Service for Apps, Common Data Service for Analytics and Power BI Insights Ap…

The Power BI Usage Metrics Solution Template is now the primary or "Plan A" approach for monitoring Power BI activities (i.e. create, delete, share) and analyzing usage patterns and trends. Prior to t…

Power BI Premium was announced generally available less than a year ago as the platform of choice for enterprises deploying high-performance, scalable BI systems in the cloud. In the May release of…

Power BI workspaces, apps, and keeping changes from mucking up reports being used in production. In the software development life cycle, a distinct space to test new reports helps ensure that report c…

Today, I am thrilled to announce the availability of dashboard theming in the Power BI service. Power BI dashboards pull together reports, images, Excel workbooks, and more, to provide a 360-degree…

Understand Power BI Premium capacity memory management and optimization.

There are often questions surrounding Publish to Web. What is it? How can I use it to share my reports? This video walks through the [...]

In this video, we look at what’s new with Power BI Embedded. Ran Breuer, the Power BI Embedded engineering helps to walk through those items. Playground – JavaScript Embed Sample Power BI Embedded Samples

In this video, Matthew Roche joins Adam for a look at the Common Data Service for Analytics. This is an offering that will be coming out in public preview in the Summer of 2018 and will help you to bring together data sources into a common schema. Video: Business Application Platform: Power BI | Business […]

Here is this week’s BI-RoundUp. I am hopeful that by this time next week the latest version of Power BI Desktop will be released! Power BI – On-Premise Gateway Update By far the biggest news …

Sometimes you want to connect to a report server instance using Management Studio, for example to create a new security role or modify an existing one. Recently I tried to log into our newly installed Power BI Report Server (March 2018 edition). I was greeted with the following error: The Reporting

How to Create A Real-Time Dataset on Power BI.com Hello P3 Nation! Today’s “post” is actually going to be a video link. Sometimes there are certain subjects, concepts, or post ideas that just don’t translate well to the written word, and especially to screenshots. So this post will be in moving picture form! We’ve

A lot of people have problems with the performance of OData data sources when loading data into Power BI and Excel. One possible cause of these problems is query folding not taking place – if this …

As a quick follow-on from last week’s post on how to detect whether query folding is taking place when importing from OData data sources, if you’re importing data from Analysis Services you have a …

Fun with Graphing in Power BI – Part 5-by-5 (@GregDeckler) Power BI Architecture Guidelines (@Rad_Reza) Build a Collapsible Slicer Pane for Power BI (@dataveld) On-premises data gateway April update i…