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Oct 17

Oct 17 How to use Tableau with Power BI and Fabric

Kurt Buhler

Getting/Transforming Data, Governance/Administration

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).

Sep 1

Sep 1 Power BI Dataset Checklist

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling

In this post, we look at what we can do to make our datasets easier to use, understand & maintain.

Mar 8

Mar 8 Assess an Existing Dataset with Tabular Editor 3 - Step 2: Query DMVs

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling

This article we examine what are Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) and how to query them from Tabular Editor 3. In the next article, we leverage the DMVs to automate documentation and tasks in our model.

Mar 1

Mar 1 Analyze a Dataset with Tabular Editor 3 - VertiPaq Analyzer

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling

In this article, we look at why using the VertiPaq Analyzer - integrated in Tabular Editor 3 & DAX Studio - should be your first step when analyzing a dataset. Describe your models and find easy optimization steps with this handy tool.

Feb 1

Feb 1 Track Changes in Power BI: Part 3 - Workspace Mode

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling, Governance/Administration

Using Tabular Editor 3 & Workspace mode, source control is that much easier, even when using Branching!
In this article, I explain how workspace mode in Tabular Editor 3 makes Source Control easy by letting you simultaneously save changes to disk but also to a service dataset for testing. I then explain how this can work when collaborating on a model, for example, using Git Branching in Power BI development.

Feb 1

Feb 1 Track Changes in Power BI: Part 2 - Tutorial

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling, Governance/Administration

Let’s set up some basic Source Control in Power BI, with Tabular Editor, Azure DevOps/Git & Visual Studio!
In this post, I give a brief step-by-step tutorial on setting up basic Source Control in Power BI, and explain how Tabular Editor helps your source control in Power BI, by leveraging the TE folder structure save format.

Feb 1

Feb 1 Track Changes in Power BI: Part 1 - Introduction

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling, Governance/Administration

It’s no big secret that source control is challenging in Power BI.
There are few native tools which enable source control in Power BI, allowing you to track changes and work collaboratively with colleagues on a Power BI dataset. Thankfully, however, external tools make this quite easy, for example, leveraging the folder structure save format of Tabular Editor.

This post is a simple introduction to source control as it pertains to a Power BI dataset, and how to set it up.

Jan 25

Jan 25 A Beginner's Guide to Tabular Editor 3: UI Customization & Code Assist Features

Kurt Buhler

Data Modelling

If you want to learn Tabular Editor, this is a good place to get started. This is a walk-through of some basic settings and uses of the tool, including how to find your way around and customize the user interface, and create, modify and organize objects in the model.