Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, March 7th, at 6:30 PM ET. Elayne Jones (Consultant with BlueGranite) will cover the pros and cons of migrating semantic models from Azure Analysis Services to Power BI. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Migrating Azure Analysis Services Models to PBI Premium Date:…
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Amazon started in 1994 as an online marketplace for books. You'd think that after being in this business for almost 30 years, they've figured out the book ecommerce inside out. Unfortunately, rapid revisions (I revise annually my Power BI book) break their model. Every new revision wreaks havoc in the customer experience to purchase a book and punishes the publisher. Here is what I've learned…
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In a previous blog from October 2020, I ranted about the narrow list of data sources supported by Power BI Dynamic M query parameters. The February 2022 update of Power BI Desktop expanded the feature reach to relational data sources, such as SQL Server (all flavors), Oracle, Teradata, and SAP. This warranted a second look to see where we're now and where we're going. Dynamic…
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Just passed the Microsoft DP-203 exam and added yet another badge to my certification portfolio. This certification is one of the requirements for partners to maintain Microsoft Gold Data Analytics Competency, so I'm glad to take this off my list.
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