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SQL PASS Summit–Day 3 (Keynote)
From the PASS president, Rushabh Mehta. PASS has facilitated 430,000 hours of training and expansion into the global community. These three days contain massive amounts of training and opportunities...
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Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #3: Choosing Drivers
When working with Oracle, drivers are truly a pain to get working correctly. I will discuss my preferred choice and why for the following tools – SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS. SSIS Drivers Without much...
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PowerPoint–My Dashboard and Report Design Tool
At some point I think that I am becoming a Microsoft Office specialist as opposed to a BI Architect. All of this work in Excel and now PowerPoint. Okay, done with the ramblings. As I have noted in a...
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Power BI Data Security – Power BI Report Server
Power BI Report Server was released as a way to host reports on premises. It was one of the highest requested features for Power BI. Power BI Report Server offers a subset of Power BI Service...
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Power BI: Data Model Optimization
Saving the Day from Delay Part 1 Optimizing your data model can be a daunting task. If you read the intro to this series, you know one of the most efficient and sustainable solutions to a bogged-down...
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Power BI Adding Translations to Rename Columns – XMLA, TOM, C#
If you are new to using C# and the Tabular Object Model (TOM), please check out the previous blog post (https://dataonwheels.wordpress.com/2021/10/15/power-bi-meets-programmability-tom-xmla-and-c/)...
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Power BI DAX Getting the Value of Previous Non-NULL Row
If you are an avid report designer or user, you may have wanted to see the percent difference between one row and the previous one. Sounds easy right? Well let’s break it down. Percent difference...
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Power BI Adding Dynamic Hierarchies – XMLA, TOM, C#
This post is a continuation of my adventure into the Tabular Object Model and how we can use it to make Power BI scalable and incorporate it into existing .NET applications. Quick refresher, the...
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Power BI: Calculating Network Days in M Custom Columns
Knowing the days between events is a fairly common reporting request because a lot of reporting is created to track SLA’s (service level agreement) and other KPI’s (key performance indicators). While...
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Power BI Cruise Recap – Deep Data Dives
Thank you so much to those of you who were able to attend this three-hour, C# packed session! The Power BI Cruise was an incredible conference, and I cannot recommend it enough if you’re looking for...
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