I’m a big fan of providing a Power BI Dataset with an accompanying data dictionary built from metadata within the model. You can see my method in this video from my YouTube channel. The dictionary I build is intended to Read more…
There was some huge news out of the PASS Data Community Summit earlier this week as Microsoft announced that paginated reports are now supported with Power BI Pro licences. It feels like this was one of the top requests on Read more…
So I’m back home from another jam packed data conference, having spent the last few days up in Glasgow at DATA:Scotand – for me this time though, my attendance came with a twist as I worked at the conference as Read more…
This blog is inspired by a poll I recently ran on Twitter about whether people hide the filter pane or not. It’s another one of those topics where I don’t feel there is a definitive right or wrong answer – Read more…
Last year I wrote a blog on the pros and cons of using a measure table in your Power BI model – you can check out that article here: To Measure Table or NOT to Measure Table? – Greyskull Analytics Read more…
It’s a milestone that seems to have passed by without any real celebration, but last month marked the first anniversary of the general availability of Power BI’s Premium Per User (PPU) offering. At the time of it’s release in April Read more…
Date Tables… yep that again. I’ve been here before when I blogged about whether you should use M or DAX to generate your date table in Power BI. But the real answer, once again referencing Roche’s Maxim is to do Read more…
Well, I’m home having spent a week at SQLBits 2022 at the eXcel Conference Centre in London. And it was frickin ace! If you were a fellow ‘Bits attendee I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a superbly run event. But if Read more…
Urgh! What a horrifically click baity title for a blog… Still, you’re here now anyway, so you may as well read on. I wanted to capture this as a blog as an aide memoire to myself as much as anything Read more…
Although they‘ve been generally available for over two years now, it’s only in recent months that I’ve finally had some hands-on experience using Dataflows in the Power BI service. I think they’re a good addition and I can definitely see Read more…