Power BI is and incredible product, yet there are still niggling issues that can frustrate and annoy the best of us (me included). Having said that, changes and improvements are happening all the time and it is easy for new features that address old issues to slip past us without […]
This is a further (fourth) update/edit to this article Power BI Golden Dataset I first wrote in Apr-17. I then updated it again in Jan-18, Jun-18 and again now in May-20 (Jason did a full review this time around). When I update my articles, I change the original post with […]
A few weeks ago, Danielle Stein Fairhurst from Plum Solutions contacted me and asked if I would speak at her financial modelling meetup group (a topic of my choice related to Power BI). I decided to speak about creating a P&L using Power BI and DAX. I first learnt how […]
Have you been sitting back thinking about building your own Power BI Coronavirus report, but haven’t known where to start? Many people tell me they want to get more practice using Power BI but don’t have any suitable data to do so. You can now easily build your own Covid-19 […]
This is my third article about Tabular Editor, the others being the recent introduction article a few weeks ago, an also an article explaining how to copy measures between PBIX files. I watched the excellent webinar series organised by my friend Mike over at PowerBI.tips where Daniel gave a more […]
In a recent post, Matt discussed how to extract data from complex websites with Power BI using the New Web Table Inference capability of Power Query. This article is an extension of those ideas, revealing that this amazing feature is not just limited to scraping data from static HTML websites, […]
I was delivering an advanced DAX class recently and was chatting with the bright students in the class about various topics. Through the discussions it occurred to me that it may be possible to create a compound join between 2 tables using a combination of the inactive relationship feature and […]
Back in 2018 I wrote an article showing how to extract data from websites using Power Query in Excel. For simple websites this process is very straightforward. For more complex websites the process is not always that easy. Microsoft is working on improving the “from web” experience and is building […]
Last week I held a free Power BI webinar for people starting out with Power BI who are wondering why they should invest time in learning about DAX. I had more than 700 people register and was completely overwhelmed by the response. There were a few questions that I didn’t […]
Recently Microsoft introduced the DAX REMOVEFILTERS() new function. This is a very useful and well named function and it does exactly what its name suggests. Its purpose is to act as a table filter parameter inside CALCULATE() as shown in the following example. Total Sales All Products REMOVEFILTERS() = CALCULATE([Total […]
In this article I am going to share with you a concept to manage refresh failures in production PowerBI.com reports. In a perfect world, you should configure your queries so that they “prevent” possible refresh failure issues from occurring, but also to notify you when something goes wrong without the […]
There are some valid reasons why you may need to change the names of all the columns in a table for use in Power BI. It is of course possible to change each column name by editing it manually, but what I am going to show you today is changing […]
One common requirement I have come across a few times is to limit a Power BI visual to only show completed months and exclude the current active month. This is common if you load data on a daily basis, but some of your reporting is done on a monthly basis. […]
A few weeks ago I wrote an article “Conditional Formatting Using Icons In Power BI” about the Power BI Icon feature released in July 2019. There were 2 common questions/themes coming from readers’ comments, and I want to address those here. Where can I find a list of Power BI […]
Level: Intermediate In my last article, I introduced the basics of the DAX FILTER() function. Hopefully that introductory explanation to FILTER() helped you get your head around what FILTER() is doing under the hood. With that knowledge in place, let me help you take your understanding to the next level. […]
Level: Intermediate FILTER() is one of the most important functions in the DAX language. It is quite a simple function and yet many people are scared off when they see it. In this article I will explain the basics of using the FILTER() function in DAX. Make sure you then […]
I blogged about the various ways to use Measure tables and Measure Sub Folders in Power BI a few weeks back. I discussed why measure tables may be required, and also a few reasons why you may choose not to use a measure table. I also mentioned some alternatives to using […]
Level: Intermediate – I have had a couple of requests for help during my live training classes and online training classes on how to build a Six Sigma Control Charts in Power BI. Now I am not professing to be a Six Sigma black belt, but I do know how […]
Updated: 17 Jan 2020. Updated: 22 Sep 2021. Updated: 27 Apr 2022 – Walkthrough Video Added Background This is the 3rd iteration of this Power BI Visual Based on Selection article, attempting to address some of the confusion that has emerged since I added the [Check Filtered] measure into the […]
Level: Intermediate There is a concept in the DAX language called “Syntax Sugar”. Simply put, the developers have created simplified versions of more complex formulas to make it easier for people to learn and use the DAX functions. Here are a couple of examples. Total Sales Syntax Sugar = SUM(Sales[ExtendedAmount]) […]
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