I just finished watching the presentation from James Phillips – GM of Power BI at Microsoft from PASS Summit 2015. He talks about the incredible progress that Microsoft has made this year in the BI space, particularly with Power BI, but importantly about the future of Business Intelligence at Microsoft. […]
Level: Beginners No software company can build every single feature that everyone wants to see all at once. Ultimately there has to be some prioritisation, and along with the prioritisation comes compromises and ultimately disappointments for some (many?). Back in July 2015, Microsoft started a chain of actions and announcements […]
The long awaited book from Ken Puls and Miguel Escobar has just been released in digital edition. I read this book over the weekend and wanted to share my experience with anyone considering buying this book or wanting to learn more about Power Query. This book is 220+ pages of […]
I am really looking forward with anticipation and excitement about the future of http://PowerBI.com. Microsoft has just released the August 2015 update to Power BI Desktop just 1 month after PowerBI.com becoming generally available (GA). Power BI Desktop used to be called Power BI Designer, and it is the tool […]
Level: Beginners It can be reasonably difficult to find the exact download you need for the various Power Products in the Microsoft BI stack. Some of these products (particularly Power Pivot) have a number of versions. This article is provided to help you get the correct download first time. You […]
It is late on day 1 of the PASS BA Conference – quite late actually. I really enjoyed the first day and wanted to share some of the highlights with those that couldn’t make it. Keynote Speaker: Carlo Ratti. This man is living the dream! Carlo is an MIT Professor […]
In this post I cover everything you need to know about the Power Pivot 2013 Update (December 2014), how to get, and what can go wrong. As you may have heard, Microsoft has released a number of patches that improve the stability of Power Pivot, Power View and Power Map […]
One thing I find when working with my customers and meeting PowerPivot users is that a lot of people want to know how to access PowerPivot when they are mobile. Most frequently people want to access PowerPivot reports on iPad, however in many cases just presenting data for PC users […]
Microsoft has released an upgrade to its Office Apps for iPad (version 1.1) that now includes – wait for it…. PivotTables for iPad Support! Wooohoo. But unfortunately there is good news and bad news. First the good news. You can indeed open a workbook that has PivotTables and you can interact […]
I have been waiting for this book Power Query for Power BI and Excel by Chris Webb for some time and I am pleased to advise it is a great book for a broad range of people with anything from zero to medium skills in Power Query. I fall into the […]
Back in early May I realised that there was not much in the way of a dedicated forum for PowerPivot users, especially for the general user. There are some specialised forums out there for Microsoft Developers but not much for the average user. As a result I went ahead and set up […]
In this session, Matt Masson and Tess Palmer do a great job of showing everyone the depth and power of the Power Query M language that is the backbone of Power Query – it makes my list. Clearly they didn’t expect too many people in the audience to be able […]
This post is a continuation of my last post where I started to provide a curated view of content from TechEd 2014 from the perspective of a Self Service BI professional. Inevitably if I am to share with you the best of the sessions, there are going to be some […]
Last week in Houston Texas, Microsoft held TechEd 2014 (North America, 12-15 May). I was browsing the videos from this conference and wanted to share the wealth of material that is available for anyone to view. If you just filter on the “Data Platform and Business Intelligence stream“, there are […]
As I spend more and more of my time working full time with PowerPivot and associated Excel products, I have been looking for suitable forums that are focused around PowerPivot. I have not found anything out there that I really like. So I spent some time over the weekend setting […]
There is a good Microsoft site for the Power Query M formula language reference. There is a lot of really useful information about the key functions of the language on that page, and I recommend it for anyone that is looking to do more with Advanced Power Query functions. If you […]
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft held a full day online session called Faster Data Insights With Power BI. There were 8 sessions of about 50 mins each that covered various aspects of the new Power BI suite. The sessions have now been converted to YouTube videos and are available […]
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