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Microsoft Power BI
Our Power BI articles below clearly and simply how to use specific aspects of Microsoft Power BI that we also cover in our Power BI training courses.
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Creating A Word Cloud In Power BI
In this article, we will look at how to create a Word Cloud with Microsoft Power BI. We will see what a word cloud is, why it is useful, and how to perform various transformations on a Word Cloud. If…
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Working With Date Formats In Power BI
In this article, you will see how the Power BI Date format works and how you can format dates in the Power BI reports view as well as in the Power Query editor. You will also use the different methods…
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Sharing Reports & Dashboards In Power BI
A Workspace is a place where you can work with your team, creating dashboards, datasets, dataflows and reports. Initially you will have access to your own personal workspace, called My Workspace, this enables you to work with your own content,…
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The Calculate Function In DAX
The calculate function in DAX is one of the most widely used DAX functions. It can both be very useful on its own and also be used as a container for far more complex calculations because it can modify the…
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Hierarchy Slicers In Power BI
This article explains what a Power BI hierarchy slicer visual is and how you can use it to filter information on various report types. The article also describes some basic formatting options for the Power BI Hierarchy Slicer. We cover…
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REPLACE Function in Dax
The Replace function in DAX is a Power BI text function that you use to replace part of a text string with a different text string. It is relatively straightforward to use and appropriate for DAX beginners to be using.…
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Speeding Up Power BI
Waiting for Power BI if it is running slowly can be incredibly frustrating. The bad news is that if your Power BI report is slow on the Power BI desktop, it will be even slower when you publish it on…
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All About Power BI Templates including 5 Great Places To Download Them
Templates are critical to increasing your work speed as you become a more advanced Power BI user. This article walks you through what they are and how to use them in detail with the help of an example. Templates are…
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Connecting Power BI to Google Sheets – The New Connector
Microsoft recently (16th November 2021) announced that they have beta released a Google sheets connector for Power BI and Power Query. This means that you can now connect to and import your business data from Google Sheets into Power BI…
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Power BI: Connecting Power BI to SQL Server
Power BI supports a variety of data sources such as Blank Queries, Flat Files, SQL Server Database, OData Feed, Azure Cloud Platform etc. The number of import features you have will depend on the version of Power BI that you…
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Comparing Power BI and SSRS
This article looks at the main differences between the Microsoft SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) and the Microsoft Power BI (Microsoft Power Business Intelligence). We compare the two Microsoft business intelligence tools against a number of criteria and then look…
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Power BI Merge Queries & Append Queries
In this article, we will walk step-by-step through how to use Power BI merge queries, and Power BI append queries to combine data or for data preparation. You will also learn to use fuzzy matching features when merging queries in…