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It is time for our annual review of what happened in the DAX and SQLBI worlds, and what we should expect in 2026! Read more
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Three months ago, Microsoft introduced the User-Defined Functions (UDFs) in the DAX language. From the first day, https://daxlib.org has been available to share libraries of functions with the Power BI community. We published DAX Lib with a low profile because… Read more
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For many years, SUMMARIZECOLUMNS has been a function dedicated to DAX queries and calculated tables, but it was not supported in DAX measures. Over time, Microsoft lifted the limitations, and in June 2024, the function was declared as fully supported… Read more
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Newsletter #300 is a significant milestone for SQLBI: it marks nearly 12 years of sending our updates every two weeks. I thought this was a good time to clarify SQLBI’s position on a topic we haven’t discussed much yet: Artificial… Read more
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When I presented “Choosing Between Import Mode, Direct Lake, and Composite Models” at Fabric Conf 2025 in Las Vegas, the room overflowed, and the session was not recorded. I promised to publish the material once the new Direct Lake + Import composite model… Read more
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We released a new course for our SQLBI+ subscribers: Security in Tabular Semantic Models. This course explains how to implement security in Tabular semantic models, considering different requirements, data model design, DAX implementation, and performance. The training is reference material… Read more
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I usually do not write about announcements and new features until we have had time to try and test them in the real world. However, there are always exceptions, and some of the announcements at the Microsoft Fabric Conference 2025… Read more
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As one of the founders of OKVIZ—a company dedicated to producing custom visuals—I have been following the recent developments in Power BI Desktop with particular concern. This issue, however, extends beyond our company and affects many other organizations that rely… Read more
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After another year, it is time to recap what happened in the DAX and SQLBI worlds and provide a few spoilers about 2025! Read more
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We released more content in SQLBI+ with two new sessions: Introducing Visual Calculations in Power BI: This two-hour session introduces the Visual Calculations feature in Power BI, which is still in preview. We plan to update the “Understanding Visual Calculations… Read more