If you use Power BI Desktop and want to know the version of the engine that you use and/or the compatibility levels supported, you can run the following DMV query: SELECT * FROM $SYSTEM.DISCOVER_PROPERTIES WHERE [PropertyName] = ‘ProviderVersion’ OR [PropertyName]…  Read more

I am glad to announce that Kurt Buhler has started to work with us at SQLBI – we just published his first article and video, Improving data labels with format strings. Now that the cat is out of the bag,…  Read more

The right title for this blog post should be “Guidelines for SQLBI content publishing”, but it would be too boring. And, at the time of writing, the more common questions we receive about articles that are nowhere to be found…  Read more

At SQLBI, Alberto Ferrari and I spend most of our time sharing our knowledge and expertise in DAX. We have been doing this for years, navigating through conferences, workshops, and videos, encountering many individuals – from eager beginners to seasoned…  Read more

Our end-of-the-year tradition is to recap what happened in the DAX and SQLBI world and look at what is coming next.  Read more

The DirectQuery over SQL section of the Optimizing DAX video course is now available! In May 2023, we released the second edition of Optimizing DAX, which was completed for the first three sections: Core Concepts, Formula Engine, and VertiPaq. The…  Read more

If there is a conference you should attend at least once, it is SqlBits. Why? Because it is magic. It is impossible to imagine organizing such an international event with a team of volunteers. It is against common sense actually…  Read more

This month we published a second draft of the Window functions in DAX whitepaper for the SQLBI+ subscribers. After the first draft we published in January 2023, we added new sections and updated others. We completely rewrote the “apply semantics”…  Read more

This month we have a new video course and whitepaper for SQLBI+ subscribers: Inside Calculation Groups is available! This course is a deep dive into calculation groups in DAX. Although you might already be familiar with calculation groups, it is…  Read more

These are pivotal times with the large adoption of new technologies like generative AI systems that will certainly impact how we work, along with a lot of other things. If you look at how Alberto and I answer questions related…  Read more