Posts from:PowerBI
Power BI Filters VS Slicers
By: David Rohlfs Filters and Slicers are two commonly used features in Power BI Desktop. Because of the characteristics of filters and slicers, they have many common uses which are quite similar for the report builder. The main reason to choose the use... (more...)
Power BI Column From Examples
By David Rohlfs Column from examples is a simple way to avoid using functions and to avoid using DAX or investigating the M code that you hope should work for what you need. It allows the user to make changes in a preview column and Power BI will recognize... (more...)
Power BI – Apps, Workspaces, Dashboards, Reports and semantic models Defined
By: Collin Quiring With any specific technology, understanding the terminology of the toolset is important. And, with the term “application” and the way that Power Bi is used on Desktop and Service I thought I would give an attempt at helping give... (more...)
Why Create a Date Table in Power BI?
By: Collin Quiring We have trained thousands of folks on Power BI and have worked with hundreds of companies. We always recommend a date table be created in Power BI. And we often are asked why we are so strongly recommending a date table. Here... (more...)
Power BI Desktop Refreshes, but Service Errors on Refresh
BY: Collin Quiring There are a number of potential reasons when a report will refresh in the Desktop but not in the Service. In this case, the error that we received was: “error”:{“code”:”ModelRefresh_ShortMessage_ProcessingError”,”pbi.error”:{“code”:”ModelRefresh_ShortMessage_ProcessingError”,”parameters”:{},”details”:[{“code”:”Message”,”detail”:{“type”:1,”value”:”Information... (more...)
Power BI Report (Visuals) Versus Table Versus Query Versus Transform Data Versus
BY: Collin Quiring In Power BI we have a few views on the left side of the main screen, and we have the Edit Queries/Transform Data option as well elsewhere. What is the difference? What do they each do? What is the main purpose of each? In Power BI Desktop,... (more...)
Esri Maps – PowerBIUP – Tim Gryder Speaking
When: Feb 11, 2020 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (CT) Associated with Northwest Arkansas Power BI User Group Get ready to join us for our first meeting of 2020 to connect with other Power BI enthusiasts and develop your skills! Tim Gryder from EPM Strategy... (more...)
Power BI and Microsoft Project – Getting the Data!
By: Collin Quiring As seen on MPUG (Microsoft Project Users Group) at this link: https://www.mpug.com/articles/power-bi-got-you-puzzled/ Using Microsoft Project Online or Project Server is commonplace for many Project Managers and report writers alike.... (more...)
Power BI – Admin Portal – Usage Metrics
BY: Collin Quiring This article is about the overall Power BI Usage Metrics and is not about the usage metrics for a specific dashboard/workspace. To get to the Usage Metrics, go to the Settings Sprocket in the top of the Power BI Service screen. And... (more...)
Microsoft Business Applications Summit – Australia
By: Collin Quiring June 10 and 11 in Atlanta was the Microsoft Business Applications Summit. It was a great time of learning more and diving deeper into the Power Platform and Dynamics, and for me in particular, Power BI. There is another Summit for... (more...)