Microsoft Power BI

The difficulty of Power BI depends almost entirely on what you’re trying to do with it. There’s a huge gap between “I can use Power BI” and “I’m a Power BI expert” and most people won’t tell you that. If…

Most Power BI users share reports one of two ways: they send the full report URL and ask people to filter it themselves, or they build separate reports for each team and spend the next year maintaining them. Neither approach…

Power BI continues to dominate the analytics and business intelligence market. From small businesses, to the biggest conglomerates in the world – Power BI is the go-to software. As a Power BI training company, it’s important we stay on top…

Filtering large lists in Power BI should not feel like scrolling endlessly through hundreds of dropdown values. The Power BI input slicer makes filtering faster and smarter by allowing users to type or paste values directly into a slicer. Instead…

Filter context is one of the most important and most misunderstood concepts in Power BI. It is also the reason a single measure can return different values depending on where it appears in a report. This article is written for…

When you first start using Power BI, measures feel like magic. You type a quick SUM or CALCULATE, and your visual updates instantly. It’s exciting, until your model starts filling up with dozens, maybe hundreds, of measures. Before you know…

Relationships sit at the heart of literally everything you do in Power BI. Before you make measures, visuals and reports, relationships are established to define how your data fits together. Their job is simple on the surface – but vital:…

If you are looking to pass the PL-300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst exam, you are probably wondering: Do Acuity Training’s Power BI courses actually prepare me for the exam? At Acuity Training, we do deliberately map our course content…

So you want to go on a comprehensive Power BI course. Which one should you pick? Here’s a clear, numbered breakdown of six leading providers, all to help you make the right choice. To make this list, we reviewed dozens…

When you start building Power BI reports, it’s tempting to jump straight into visuals. But very quickly, you realise that slow refreshes, confusing relationships, and unpredictable DAX usually point to one thing: the data model. Good modelling is the foundation…

Power BI is one of the most powerful tools for transforming raw data into interactive, insightful dashboards and reports. As more businesses seek data-driven decision-making, mastering Power BI has become an essential skill for analysts, business intelligence professionals, and even…

Ever had problems with your DAX that just don’t make sense? Sometimes the culprit isn’t actually your DAX, it’s your data model. Star schema mistakes are incredibly common in Power BI, and really hard to track down. When your data model…