Wednesday/Thursday – Power BI
Every Wednesday & Thursday, we look at Power BI and related technology. This could be a new feature, how something works or how to troubleshoot something within Power BI, Reporting Services and Analysis Services.
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) [...]
How to connect to Microsoft Fabric Items from Power BI Desktop?
If you're in Power BI Desktop, how do you actually connect to Microsoft Fabric items like a lakehouse or warehouse? Adam walks you through different options and how this relates to various connectors.
Decoding Direct Lake: The Truth Behind DirectQuery Fallback
Direct Lake in Power BI could possibly fall back to DirectQuery. Do you understand why this would happen and when? Patrick walks you though what you need to know when leveraging data from OneLake in [...]
Include in Refresh can trip you up within Power Query
You disabled Include In Refresh in Power Query, but it's still being used? And you still need to provide credentials for your Power BI Semantic Mode? What?!? Adam breaks down what's going on. Managing query [...]
Getting started with Visual Calcs in Power BI
It's been a long time coming but Visual Calculations within Power BI are here!!! Jay joins us to get us started on using Visual Calcs within our reports. Share your thoughts on visual calculations (preview) [...]
Why can’t I edit my Power BI semantic model?
Wait!?! I need to adjust some properties in my Power BI semantic model, but I can't edit it? What's going on? Patrick shows you what you need to know!