Automating Power BI Desktop Refresh
Power BI Desktop is becoming an increasing popular tool for self-service reporting. But it has a glaring gap. Unlike Excel, it doesn’t currently support an object model for automating tasks. […]
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A Glimpse of Embedding Power BI Reports in SSRS
The first public demo of the highly anticipated Power BI report embedding feature in SSRS 2016 on premises came from Microsoft Ignite. Scroll to the 58 minute in the Ricardo […]
Power BI Adds Time Series Forecasting
The September update of Power BI Desktop adds one of the most requested features – time series forecasting on single line charts. You can control the confidence interval and seasonality. […]
Presenting at Atlanta Code Camp 2016
I’m presenting Power BI Embedded at Atlanta Code Camp on Saturday, October 15th. You have the app. You have the data. What if your app could put the power of […]
MVP for 13 Years!
Microsoft awarded me again with the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Data Platform. This is a prestigious annual award given to selected individuals in recognition for their expertise and […]
Power BI Nested Hierarchical Labels
In the latest Power BI Desktop update, Power BI introduced a new drill-down option. Previously, after enabling drill-down on a chart and clicking the double-arrow icon, the chart will drill […]
Atlanta MS BI Group Meeting on September 26th
MS BI fans, join me for the next must-attend Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on September 26th at 6:30 PM. The Microsoft Ignite conference takes place this year in […]
New Custom Visual Developer Toolset
One of the most prominent Power BI benefits is its extensible architecture that allows developers to integrate Power BI with custom apps and extend its capabilities, such by creating custom […]
AzureML – Current State of Affairs
Organizations are showing increased interest in predictive analytics. A large retailer that is using Azure Machine Learning (or AzureML) has approached me to help them automate the process. I can’t […]
Power BI Governance Getting Better
Larger organizations are naturally interested in established procedures for data governance, retention, search and taxonomy. With the rising important of data analytics, such policies are equally important for BI artifacts. […]
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