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Push datasets are an efficient and inexpensive way to implement real-time updates in Power BI reports and dashboards. They can provide better performance and scalability than DirectQuery at the price of a small development cost. Read more
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Though you can build real-time reports with DirectQuery, push datasets offer a more scalable, economical, and effective solution especially when combined with an Import model already in place. In this article we introduce the architecture of push datasets. Read more
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articleThe Space Report Under the Hood
The infographic “Space Report” submitted to the Best Report Contest in Power BI is not only a collection of nice charts and graphics. There are several little gems implemented to overcome certain limitations, as you will read in this article. Read more
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The June 2019 update of Power BI includes the ability to filter slicer items based on a measure. This article explains why this is an important feature that should replace bidirectional filters used for the same purpose. Read more
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articleUnderstanding DAX Auto-Exist
This article describes the behavior of auto-exist in DAX, explaining the side effects of combining slicers on columns of the same table in Power BI. Read more
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This article describes how to use the DAX time intelligence calculations applied to the latest period available in the data, also known as the “current” period. Read more