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When Sorting Fails: Dynamic Formatting mistakes with Measures

Have a measure that you want to format as a string in Power BI? But then the sorting doesn't work on it? What do you do? You can't sort by column with Measures. Patrick shows you how you can leverage Dynamic Formatting! Create dynamic format strings for measures https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-dynamic-format-strings Zoe Douglas: https://twitter.com/datazoepowerbi https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoedouglas-data/ Phil Seamark: [...]

When Sorting Fails: Dynamic Formatting mistakes with Measures2024-04-18T06:23:06-05:00

At last!!! Power Query within Power BI Report Builder!

With Power Query being available for Power BI Paginated reports in Report Builder, you can now do something that was very hard to do in the past. Patrick shows you what's new! Get data with Power Query available in Power BI Report Builder (Preview) https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/get-data-with-power-query-available-in-power-bi-report-builder-preview/ Connect to Snowflake, Databricks, and others with Power Query Online [...]

At last!!! Power Query within Power BI Report Builder!2024-04-10T09:14:58-05:00

Boost DAX Performance in Power BI with Dual Mode

Don't ignore Dual Mode! If you are leveraging DirectQuery and Import in your Power BI semantic model, you could have some performance problems you aren't aware of. Patrick shows you what's going on!

Boost DAX Performance in Power BI with Dual Mode2024-04-04T06:06:42-05:00

Exploring Dynamic Subscriptions for Power BI reports

First, we had dynamic subscriptions for Power BI Paginated reports. Now they are available for Power BI reports! Patrick walks you through how to take advantage of them! Dynamic per recipient subscriptions for reports (Preview) https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/collaborate-share/power-bi-dynamic-report-subscriptions

Exploring Dynamic Subscriptions for Power BI reports2024-03-24T15:53:27-05:00

Creating your first EVENTSTREAM in Microsoft Fabric

Join Patrick as he explores Real-Time Analytics (RTA) in Microsoft Fabric by creating an event stream into a KQL Database. It only takes a few clicks! What is RTA: https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/real-time-analytics/overview Event Streams overview: https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/real-time-analytics/event-streams/overview

Creating your first EVENTSTREAM in Microsoft Fabric2024-02-21T08:34:45-05:00

Adding a column to your Lakehouse? Where is it in the Semantic Model???

When you add a column to your lakehouse in Microsoft Fabric, why isn't is showing up in the Power BI Semantic Model? Patrick shows you how to get it there! Gaston Cruz https://twitter.com/GastonFCruz https://www.linkedin.com/in/gastoncruz/

Adding a column to your Lakehouse? Where is it in the Semantic Model???2024-02-06T05:10:25-05:00

Can you use Field Parameters with Direct Lake in Power BI?

We got the question if you could use Field Parameters with Direct Lake in Power BI. The answer is, yes? However,... Patrick tells more! Let report readers use field parameters to change visuals (preview) https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-field-parameters Direct Lake https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/enterprise/directlake-overview Tabular Editor https://tabulareditor.com/ Tabular Editor Script https://github.com/tabulareditor/Tabulareditor3/issues/541

Can you use Field Parameters with Direct Lake in Power BI?2024-01-25T07:44:53-05:00

What happens to the incremental data???

We talked about incremental data using an integer within your Synapse Data Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric. But Patrick forgot to go through what you do after staging. Well, here you go!

What happens to the incremental data???2024-01-11T08:31:05-05:00
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