In this article, I share some unfiltered thoughts about why it’s unrealistic to expect one person to know everything in Fabric, and concerns I have about unrealistic expectations being put in the market regarding Fabric.
In this article, I share some unfiltered thoughts about why it’s unrealistic to expect one person to know everything in Fabric, and concerns I have about unrealistic expectations being put in the market regarding Fabric.
In this article, I explain what it means for your current and future semantic models if you choose for Fabric. This post isn’t meant to market Fabric to you; it’s purely informative.
In this article, I illustrate one example of how a team goes from using a semantic model in Power BI (Pro) to Fabric.
In this article, I illustrate an example of how a departmental analytics team goes from using a semantic model in Power BI to Fabric.
In this article, I illustrate an example of how an enterprise BI team takes their model from Power BI to Fabric.
In this article, we look at a 5-step process to replace fields in a report when you’ve re-named, moved, or deleted them in the model. You can also use this method to “hot swap” different fields in and out of a visual without losing formatting. This isn’t officially supported, but it’s easy and it’s a huge time-saver.
In this article, I discuss why quality is a often problem for data and analytics, and how DataOps can help.
This short update shares some content I've published elsewhere this year which you might find helpful.
In this short article, we look at the consequences of having a case-specific collation in your Power BI semantic model. This is particularly important as Direct Lake models created in the Fabric user experience have a case-sensitive collation applied, automatically.
In this post, I’ll explain the how and why of:
How to connect Tableau to Power BI semantic models.
How to connect Tableau to Fabric lakehouses (and other items that have a SQL endpoint).
If you feel like the pace and volume of updates surrounding Power BI have increased, you’re not alone. In this article, I discuss why many people feel like “it’s just too much” lately, why that’s a problem, and what we might do about it.
In this collaboration with Štěpán Rešl, I share some tips and templates to design effective KPI visuals.
In this article, I share a quick and easy way to manually set table and matrix column widths in Power BI by using the new Power BI Projects (.pbip) file format. This is an unsupported feature, but it works reliably.
In this article, we examine why video games provide the perfect data sources for learning Fabric, Power BI, and honing your data skills, in general.
In this article, we discuss how we might have more impact and deliver more value with data and analytics by shifting our mentality from a focus on technical problems to equal focus on technical, business and adoption problems.
This short post explains how to format Power Query automatically in Tabular Editor using a C# Script to call the powerqueryformatter API.
In this article, I share the different variants of line charts you can create with Power BI, and provide free templates to try them yourself. I also discuss the impact of chart type selection and formatting in Power BI visuals, in the context of line charts.
In this article, I share the different variants of bar charts you can create with Power BI, and provide free templates to try them yourself. I also discuss the impact of “Macguyvering” Power BI visuals too far.
In this article I share how my hobby running Dungeons & Dragons games has contributed to my personal and career development, resulting in me becoming a more competent data professional.
This ‘article’ is a short quiz you can use to practice DAX in your browser on the website dax.do.