In my opinion, every mid-size to large organization should have a solution for master data management. Based on my observations, data quality issues have reached a pandemic level. Ironically, putting a […]
I taught Power BI to a large organization this week. Naturally, they were interested in sharing content across multiple departments and even entire organization. Let’s revisit the sharing options available […]
MS BI fans, join me for the next Atlanta MS BI Group meeting on May 23th and 6:30 PM. I’ll present the self-service data shaping and transformation capabilities in Power […]
SQL Saturday Atlanta will take place on May 21st. Your humble correspondent will present “What’s New for BI in SQL Server 2016” scheduled to start at 8:15 AM. Join me […]
In a previous blog, I reviewed the claims that Tableau made in their “10 Ways Power BI Falls Short” presentation. To be fair to Power BI, in this blog I’ll list […]
Scenario: Suppose you have two source tables coming from different data sources, such as Excel or text files, as shown in in the screenshot below. The Master table has a […]
We have a great new enhancement to the Power BI Gateway – Enterprise that just came out! Many organizations are planning hybrid Power BI solutions where report and dashboard definitions […]
As I mentioned in my blog “Why Business Like Yours Choose Power BI Over SiSense”, expect attack from other vendors to intensify as they find themselves fighting an increasingly uphill […]
Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2016 will become generally available on June 1st. The BI edition is gone and I don’t think that many people would miss it because of […]
Excel users are familiar with drilling through details by double-clicking a cell in a PivotTable report or PivotChart data point. Power BI has silently added a similar feature to let […]
