Recently Microsoft unified the Data Gateway so that you have a single gateway for Power BI, Azure Analysis Services, Power App, Flow and maybe much else. However, it seems that automatic updates are not even planned at the moment as a feature for the Data Gateway. I understand that there
A few months ago, I and Alberto realized that the reason why variables are not used in DAX as they should is that… there are not many examples out there! For this reason, we made a commitment to use them more often in our example. We didn’t do that in 2015
In the second half of 2017 I will deliver sessions and preconference days in two big events. I’d like to recap my sessions here, let me know if you have any questions about them. Microsoft Ignite 2017 – September 25-29, 2017 – Orlando, FL Preconference full day – September 24
You can connect an Excel workbook to a Power BI model in two ways: Using the Analyze in Excel action in powerbi.com Using the Connect to Data action in the ribbon of Power BI publisher for Excel In both cases, you have the ability to choose either a report or
I recently wrote a few articles about a new function in DAX and the use of variables. For those of you using Power BI or Azure Analysis Services, you always have access to the latest version of the language. Well, in reality I see that new features appears
I spent three days in Seattle at Microsoft Data Insight Summit , delivering a preconference day about data modeling for business users, and two workshops about DAX. All of these were sold-out, so even if you attended the conference, you might be interested
In the next three weeks I will deliver many speeches and training in United States. Here is the list: June 11, 2017 : Precon Data Modeling with Power BI at Microsoft Data Insights Summit (Seattle, WA) June 12, 2017 : Workshop DAX 101 at Microsoft Data
Is there a secret recipe to create a beautiful dashboard? Why do we need to use “beautiful”? Would “useful” be a better adjective? If you think for a moment, you know that we are attracted by the “beautiful”. It is important for a first impression, but
In the last few years, I and Alberto Ferrari assisted many users of Power Pivot and Power BI who wanted to create their reports using these tools and were struggling with getting the desired numbers from their data. The first approach of an Excel user
If you run SSAS Tabular or Power BI, please help me in gathering some performance data for a study I’m doing about Formula Engine performance following these steps: 1) Copy the PowerShell code below in a script Benchmark.ps1, modifying serverName, ssasInstanceName
