MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on June 3, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. I'll show you how to bridge the analytical and developer worlds by integrating Power BI with PowerApps. Eric Flamm will demonstrate SQL Notebooks in Azure Data Studio. Prologika will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to…
Read article
I'm excited to announce my latest book: "Applied DAX with Power BI: From zero to hero with 15-minute lessons". This book was born out of necessity. In my consulting practice, I had been teaching and implementing Power BI and Analysis Services Tabular, and people were constantly asking for DAX book recommendations. Indeed, DAX is not an easy topic and has its ways to humble even…
Read article
SQL Saturday Atlanta next Saturday might break the attendance record with over 900+ people registered! Kudos to the organizers. It's not easy to organize an event of this size with a modest budget. I'll present "What's New for BI in SQL Server 2019" at 1 PM. "SQL Server 2019 delivers important data analytics features and enhancements. Join this session to discover what BI features are…
Read article
Scenario: You have a dimension table and a fact table, and you want to generate some test data, such by randomly looking up a value from the dimension table for each row in the fact table. The following DAX formula should get the job done but RANDBETWEEN doesn't work (although it works as a standalone function outside LOOKUPVALUE). Specifically, you get either the same value…
Read article
Start your self-paced DAX study today and get from zero to hero in a month! Publication date: May 10, 2019 Size: 220 pages, 7.5" x 9.25" Price: $34.99 ISBN 10: 1-7330461-0-0 ISBN 13: 978-1-7330461-0-7 Introduces data analysts and developers to Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) — the programming language Microsoft Power BI, Power Pivot, and Analysis Services Tabular. You won't get far with Microsoft…
Read article
Business Performance Management (BPM) is a methodology to help the company predict its performance. An integral part of a BPM strategy is a process for Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting which is typically performed by the Finance department. When it comes to Finance, nothing is simple, and BPM is no exception. This diagram illustrates what typical data movement might look like to consolidate BPM areas into…
Read article MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on May 6, Monday, at 6:30 PM at the Microsoft office in Alpharetta. Patrick LeBlanc, a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, will show us how to integrate Power BI and Flow for geospatial analytics. I'll showcase Power BI Report Builder. TEKSystems will sponsor the event. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget…
Read article
SSRS is near and dear to my heart. My first book ("Microsoft Reporting Services in Action" published in 2004 by Manning) was on this subject and I became an MVP because of my contributions around SSRS back in those days. Because of this and because every good thing should come in two, I rejoiced when I heard Microsoft announcing the Power BI Report Builder to complement the…
Read article
If "XMLA" doesn't ring a bell especially in the context of Power BI, it stands for Extensible Markup Language for Analysis. Still puzzled? It's the protocol of Analysis Services (Multidimensional and Tabular). So, when an Excel or Power BI sends a query to a cube, it's encoded according the XMLA specification (an XML-based format). And, the XMLA endpoint is the web service endpoint that Analysis…
Read article
Confused by magic quadrants? Curious about their internals, such as how companies move from one quadrant to another? GeekAndPoke came up with this much needed resource that explains it all. No words necessary! Happy April 1st!
Read article
