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.
Getting creative with a Line Chart in Power BI
Saw an interesting conversation about a line chart and some different approaches in Power BI. Adam explored those options and explains the differences. Never stop tinkering with visuals! Twitter conversation: https://twitter.com/CJMajka/status/1781039450199302195
Wait?!? I can’t conditionally format a Line Chart in Power BI?
You have a requirement that your line chart needs to be conditionally formatted. But wait! There's no option to do that within Power BI? Go to another tool? NOPE! Adam has you covered!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
Wait!?! It’s the same data source! What’s going on???
Think you are using the same data source in Power BI? Maybe you aren't? Patrick shows you how this can affect DAX Query performance and how to correct it.