A random blog about Business Intelligence
By Max Wikström
When building datasets in Power BI, you have different options on how to connect and store the data in your model. There are two main modes to choose from when querying data from sources. These are import mode and direct query mode. Import mode allows you to import the data in your local dataset, and … Read more
While participating in the 25 days of DAX Fridays! – Second edition challenge by Curbal, I was searching for a good way of finding the MAX value from multiple columns in a table.During my search I found a nice technique which requires very little DAX code but is perhaps not the most intuitive solution. In … Read more
Data modeling techniques and methodologies are a common discussion topic when working on BI or data warehouse projects. There are multiple practices of data modeling and different reporting tools support different ways to handle data. If you have past experience of working in the data area, chances are you have come across Kimball dimensional modeling, … Read more
Time to read: 5 minutes Have you ever wanted to search through your Power BI measures, calculated columns or calculated tables for a specific function or table/column reference? Or export your DAX logic for documentation purposes? If this is the case then this post is for you. As a Power BI dataset admin or author, … Read more
If you have a background in traditional database development you might have learned that using integer over e.g. string has a performance benefit in for example indexes and joins. You might have brought this knowledge with you into the world of Power BI or tabular development. Perhaps you are enforcing the use of integer columns … Read more
Welcome back to part two of how to level up your workflow and Power BI model using DAX Studio! I’m showing you my go to scenarios on when to use Power BI together with DAX Studio. In the first part of this post I started with an introduction to what DAX Studio is. I discussed … Read more
DAX Studio is a popular tool used by many Microsoft data professionals. It is commonly used as an advanced enterprise tool when working with tabular models. Are you new to DAX Studio or want to learn more about how to use it in combination with Power BI? Follow along while I show you my go … Read more
Vertipaq is the actual database engine used in Power BI. It is also the engine used in Analysis Services Tabular and Excel Power Pivot.One of the reasons behind Vertipaq’s great performance is due to the different compression and encoding techniques that it applies to the data. The overall purpose of the different compression techniques used … Read more
Time to read: 5 minutes Calculation groups is a powerful feature in Power BI. However, using them adds some complexity and brings some limitations to Power BI’s native functionality. Or should I say, changes them. One of these cases are related to the use of Conditional formatting using a calculation group as e.g. columns in … Read more
In this blog post I will try and guide you through Power BI’s functionality Publish to web as well as the security aspects of sharing your data. How does it work, when should I and when shouldn’t I use it? What is it? Power BI’s Publish to web functionality has been widely used since it’s … Read more