Recently, for Power BI, we encountered a requirement where we have Delivery data, and we want Slicer which gives a range of “Delivery Per Customer”(Count of Deliveries) that seamlessly integrates with all visuals in the dashboard. Specifically, a scenario where, upon selecting a date range, the “Delivery Per Customer” slicer dynamically operates on the filtered… Continue reading Implementing Dynamic Cascading Slicer To Filter the Data
In Power BI, providing page security and role-based access to users traditionally involves creating different workspaces or different audiences in one app workspace. However, an innovative approach is to achieve this using measures, eliminating the need for additional workspaces and audiences. In this blog post, we will explore a real-time requirement where we need to… Continue reading Dynamic page navigation in Power BI based as per User Role
Greetings, BI enthusiasts! When working with Power BI reports and handling numerical data with multiple hierarchies, the Matrix visual is often the go-to choice. It seamlessly accommodates hierarchical data with proper modeling, allowing the use of measures as rows. However, what if you need to display measures as rows with specified indentations, sorting, and font… Continue reading Achieving Hierarchical Representation for Measures in Power BI Matrix Visual: A Workaround
In our previous blog, we delved into the inner workings of Deployment Pipelines. Now, we shift our focus towards a crucial aspect of Power BI development – integrating Git with workspaces in Power BI Service, especially those that play a pivotal role in your Deployment Pipelines. Integrating Git with Power BI Workspaces Our journey now… Continue reading Part 3: Git Integration for Content Management
In our previous blog post, we delved into Power BI Projects and Git integration, catering to the needs of developers with Pro Capacity. Today, we venture further into the fascinating world of Power BI Deployment Pipelines. Our focus is on providing you with insights into how to seamlessly handle content within your development lifecycle. Unveiling… Continue reading Part 2: Streamlining Power BI Deployment Pipelines
In a much-anticipated move, Microsoft has unveiled Git Integration in Power BI for developers who work with Power BI Desktop Projects. This ground-breaking feature which is in preview, promises to revolutionize the way developers streamline development, source control, and collaboration within their Power BI projects. In this technical blog, we’ll delve into the intricacies of… Continue reading Part 1: Git Integration with Power BI
Consumerism is at an all-time high, especially after the economic lull in 2020. Since 2021, e-commerce sales have grown exponentially, to the point that in 2024 we are looking at a forecasted 6.2 trillion US dollars in e-commerce sales. This puts pressure on retail companies to optimize their data collection and analytics to respond to… Continue reading The Benefits of Power BI for Decision-Making
In today’s business landscape, organizations are constantly seeking ways to maximize growth while minimizing operational costs. Sharing essential information and insights with management or higher-level teams is crucial for decision-making. However, investing in Pro user or Premium per-user licenses for a limited number of users who only need access to view a specific Power BI… Continue reading Efficiently Sharing and Synchronizing Power BI Reports within Your Organization: A Cost-effective Approach
Imagine going to groceries and being forced by your mother to negotiate the best price for a variety of things from different vendors; it sounds tiresome, doesn’t it? What is the easier way to resolve this? You will visit a supermarket, where you can simply find everything you need under one roof. Data professionals face… Continue reading Microsoft Fabric – The One-Stop Shopping Mall
In the earlier blog post, we stated how to identify referenced measures or columns, i.e. whether they are used in other measures or not. If you haven’t visited the blog post, please click here. It is a very useful blog, especially in the big Power BI models. But this won’t be helpful when we would… Continue reading Power BI > How to identify referenced Measures and Columns in Model – II
Most of the time, while updating the existing model, it’s hard to identify which measures or columns are being used in report visualization and which are referring to other measures or columns. Many times, while developing a report, there are frequent changes in the requirements and we need to modify/update the data model accordingly, which… Continue reading Power BI > How to identify referenced Measures and Columns in Model – I
We can now embed Power BI Dashboard/Reports in PowerApps Portal with few easy steps. Prerequisite:- D365 Customer Service organization having a Global user with D365 and Power BI license. ENABLE POWER BI VISUALIZATION In the PowerApps select the environment where you have provisioned the Portal. Go to Your Apps section from Power Apps home page and locate… Continue reading Embed Power BI reports in Power Apps Portal
Power BI supports up to 32766 characters of data in a column of TEXT Data Type. What if we have more data stored in the data source? Recently, we came across a requirement where we had to show the content of an email in HTML format in the Power BI report. The report was built… Continue reading Power BI > How to deal with a Text column having a length of more than 32766 characters.
The general purpose of slicer visual in Power BI is to filter the data points in the report and view only the filtered information. They provide options (single or multiple) to a user, to click on & filter the visuals on the page. Recently, in one of our projects, we were tasked with a requirement to highlight the bars of a bar chart instead of filtering the visual based on the selected value of the slicer. It sounded odd at first… Continue reading Power BI > Using slicer for just highlighting values without filtering
In Power BI, a drill–through feature permits the report consumer to peer detailed facts associated with the primary page in the context of a particular data point applied. With drill via Power BI reports, one can create a detailed report page on your data that focuses on a particular applied data point. When the readers want to analyze a particular record or data… Continue reading Power BI > Drill-through feature from Card visual
Ever wondered how we can filter the Power BI report to show only Today’s data by default but at the same time give the flexibility to change the Date filter? The approach we as developers generally take is – create a calculated column IsToday in the Calendar table and have it return “Yes” for today’s… Continue reading Power BI > How to filter all the data by TODAY, by default?
Ever thought of manipulating the data in your SQL data source directly from the Power BI Report? If yes, our prayers have been heard (as the use of Power Automate within Power BI is still in Preview as of writing this blog) and will be answered soon (when made GA)! An exciting new feature was… Continue reading Updating the SQL DataSource from Power BI using Power Automate Visual
Consider a scenario where your measure’s definitions are the same but the only difference is the base measures. For example, while doing time-related calculations like MTD, YTD, QTD for 3 different calculations/measures, we need to create 3 measures for MTD, 3 measures for YTD, and 3 measures for QTD, resulting in total 9 measures such… Continue reading Calculation Groups in Tabular Editor
There are various approaches to embed Power BI Dashboard/Report in D365 Sales, but each approach comes with its own drawbacks and cons that might not complement your requirements. Earlier we have posted blogs that describe the 4 approaches but as I said they have their own pre-requisite and cons. With the advancements of Power BI… Continue reading Power BI > Embed Dashboard/Report in D365 Sales with RLS – 5
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