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Power BI – Power BI Templates
By: David Rohlfs Introduction Do you like having all of your reports to have a similar look and feel to them? If you do, then templates could save you a lot of time. Microsoft Power BI Templates allow a report developer to simplify the number of actions... (more...)
Power BI – Applied Steps Replace Current or Add New
By: David Rohlfs Introduction Especially when you are new to Power BI and Power Query there are a lot of little things that you just don’t know what to do with. A very common question that people have is whether it is better to add a new step or replace... (more...)
Power BI – Visual Calculations
By: David Rohlfs Introduction Maybe you have heard of this and maybe you have seen others use it, but visual calculations are a preview feature (as of writing this blog) in Power BI desktop. Visual calculations allow the developer to simplify their code... (more...)
Power BI – Reference a Previous Row in Power Query
By: David Rohlfs Introduction One of the difficulties in Power BI is that the data tables are seen as individual rows and not necessarily rows in a specific order. If you have noticed this then you probably have come across a similar issue that this blog... (more...)
Power BI – Max and Min Date Slicers
By: David Rohlfs Introduction If you have been using Power BI for a while you have probably learned the importance of having a Date Dimension. Although it is great to have, there are some aggravating aspects to using a Date Dim like having a slicer that... (more...)
Power BI – Dynamic Date Selection
By: David Rohlfs Introduction For the past year of working on Microsoft Power BI I have had a dream of a slicer where I get to choose what columns are inside of my table. I still haven’t been able to figure out a way that I can do this, but I did think... (more...)
Power BI – Gif as a Tooltip
By: David Rohlfs Introduction Using a tooltip is a great way to add important information to your Power BI report, but what if you want to add instructions or videos to your report? There is a way to add a .gif file as a tooltip to your report and this... (more...)
Power BI – Managing App Audiences
By: David Rohlfs Introduction When I get to work with people who are newer to Microsoft Power BI and especially the Microsoft Power BI Service, there are always questions on how to group people together for sharing reports. The normal assumption and way... (more...)
Power BI – DAX Use Relationship Function
By: David Rohlfs Introduction One of the most frustrating things that can happen is when you are building out your data model and you have to create a circular relationship in your model. This can happen for a number of reasons, but the issue is that... (more...)
Power BI – How Power BI Integrates into Fabric
By: David Rohlfs Introduction There have been a lot of changes recently to the Microsoft Power Stack. Microsoft has been releasing their new SaaS (Software as a Service) called Microsoft Fabric. Fabric is meant to be the solution to data and data storage. Since... (more...)