Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, July 5th, at 6:30 PM. Reid Havens (Consultant and MVP) will show us how to get the most out of Power BI bookmarks and buttons. And I'll cover the Power BI latest enhancements. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Bedazzling Your Bookmarks &…
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You should definitely switch your Power BI Premium capacities to Gen2 although you might wait until it goes GA because Gen2 is currently in preview if you're risk-averse. I switched an enterprise client P2 node to Gen 2 a few months ago and here are the top benefits we observed: Lower CPU utilization The Gen1 P2 node was under CPU pressure so the client was…
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Power BI aggregations are meant to speed up queries to large DirectQuery tables, as a DBA would create summarized tables to speed up queries to large tables. The most appealing aspect of telling Power BI about these aggregations is that Power BI will automatically redirect the query to the aggregation cache if it determines that its dimensionality matches the dimensionality of the aggregated table, as…
Read article Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, June 7th, at 6:30 PM. Stacey Jones (Principal Data Solutions Architect with Microsoft) will introduce us to Azure Purview. And I'll cover the Power BI latest enhancements. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Data Governance with Azure Purview Date: June 7th Time: 6:30…
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In a recent project, I had to execute an SSIS package deployed to the catalog from a stored procedure. The package uses Windows authentication to connect to the data sources. When executing the package from the catalog or from the stored procedure, the package immediately fails and the following two errors are logged: DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER. The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "Source" failed with…
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A vital BI practice for every organization, performance management ensures that important metrics, such as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), meet established goals. The typical artifact to do so is implementing a scorecard: a report that compares the current state with the desired state of these metrics. You might have also heard the term "balanced scorecard" which is an organization-wide scorecard that tracks several subject areas,…
Read article Please join us online for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, May 3rd, at 6:30 PM. James Serra will overview Azure Synapse for implementing a data lakehouse. And I'll cover the Power BI latest enhancements. For more details and sign up, visit our group page. Presentation: Azure Synapse Analytics Overview: A Data Lakehouse Date: May 3rd Time: 6:30 –…
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If you need a convincing reason to use Edge Dev, user profiles might be it. I need access to various Power BI tenants that I need to log in. Or, your organization might have multiple Power BI tenants, such as a byproduct of acquisitions. Previously, I had to either use multiple browsers, open an incognito session (the caveat is that you can't have two incognito…
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Power BI has made tremendous strides in features solidifying its position as a BI leader and increasing the feature distance over the competition (see latest Gartner report here). And rightfully so, considering that it's much more than a visualization tool. However, you might find its advanced presentation capabilities still lagging. During a current BI assessment for a large mortgage company, the executive sponsor who have…
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Microsoft awarded me FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect - Power BI! This prestigious recognition is conferred by the Power Platform product engineering team for consistently exhibiting deep architecture expertise and creating high quality solutions for customers during project engagements. I'm one of the 33 individuals worldwide who must meet the following criteria: Must have a minimum of 2 years of experience with Power BI and a minimum…
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