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Power BI – Using Shape Maps, KML files, and Zip Code Lists in Microsoft Power BI
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction Not too long ago I ran across a request to create a shape file that could integrate into Microsoft Power BI, and of course this opened a rabbit hole of questions and opportunities. Because of the discoveries while... (more...)
Power BI – Updating a Power BI Report to the Service
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction When you start working with a new program or software there is always a learning curve and Power BI is no different. Something that can be hard to figure out if you do not have any knowledge of what is going on is how you... (more...)
Power BI – Power Query M Code Basics
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction In this blog we are going to focus on the basics of M Code in Power Query. You can either access Power Query in Microsoft Excel or I will be doing this blog in Microsoft Power BI. For the purposes of this blog there will... (more...)
Power BI: Clear all Slicers
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction Recently there was the addition of the Apple All Slicers button in Power BI and with it another button that can be used to Clear All Slicers. This clear all slicers button can simplify the end user difficulty of making sure... (more...)
Power BI: How to Remove Items in the Service
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction When you move from Microsoft Power BI Desktop to the Power BI Service there are a lot of technical aspects that are important to learn early on. Whether it is creating your first workspace or deleting your unused semantic... (more...)
Power BI: Why Create a Dashboard?
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction If you clicked on this blog, chances are that you want to learn more about the reason behind creating a dashboard for a Power BI report. Lucky for you, there are a lot of reasons explained in a lot of places. This blog will... (more...)
Power BI: Fuzzy Match
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction If you have worked in data for almost any amount of time you will know how messy it is! There are and will be so many times where the data won’t match correctly or isn’t just perfect, and when this happens there is... (more...)
What is the Difference between a Table and a Matrix in Power BI?
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction When you’re new to Power BI there are a lot of aspects that are confusing or difficult to understand. When I started in Power BI and began building reports, I had very little experience in Microsoft Excel or any... (more...)
Power BI: Merge – Join Kind
BY: David Rohlfs Introduction There are a lot of little aspects that can quickly entangle you with questions and difficulties while building a report. Some of these are necessary for learning more about what is happening with your data, and some of these... (more...)
Power BI: How to Create an App on the Microsoft Power BI Service
Introduction Once you have got your report and published it to a workspace, you are left with a couple of questions or needs. Most of these revolve around how you share this report. When you get into it, there are two main ways to do this; the first being... (more...)