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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 and access to new features. Read more
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UPDATE 2021-06-29: also read Choosing Azure Analysis Services or Power BI Premium for large datasets – SQLBI containing updates about Power BI Premium Gen2. I often get questions about use cases for Azure Analysis Services. So I wanted to do… Read more
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Almost 18 months ago I compared Azure Analysis Services and Power BI Premium for large datasets. At that time, Azure Analysis Services was a clear choice, but it is almost time to update that post with a longer article. Because… Read more
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You can implement the calculation of stock inventory over time in several ways in DAX. The xVelocity technology in Power Pivot and Analysis Services Tabular is so fast that you might consider both dynamic calculation and snapshot-based calculation, depending on… Read more
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Everyone using DAX is probably used to SQL query language. Because of the similarities between the Tabular data modeling and the relational data modeling, there is the expectation that you can perform the same operations as those allowed in SQL.… Read more
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When you create and publish a composite model using DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Analysis Services, you should pay attention to the minimal permissions required to consume data. For example, consider the following scenario: Base is a shared dataset… Read more
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This article describes how to use KEEPFILTERS in DAX iterator functions to preserve arbitrarily shaped filters in context transition. Read more
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A Date table in Power BI can have a smaller number of columns by leveraging custom format strings to adequately control the chart visualization and the sort order. Read more
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Past are days of creating data models with a single monolithic tool provided by Microsoft. The required toolbelt includes multiple tools. Most of them are free and open-source. Watch the recording of the SQLBI live event delivered on Wednesday May… Read more
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In this article we demonstrate how to use calculation groups to show the behavior of any measure in the last 6 months, starting from a single date selection with a slicer. This can be applied to any number of months. Read more