Using a measures table in Power BI is generally considered best practice, and there are certain advantages to using one. However, I’ve found in my experience that the negatives outweigh the positives and that measure tables simply aren’t that intuitive. In Power BI, measure tables are used to contain all Read more…
Creating a map visualization in Power BI to display location data is not difficult. Power BI ships with a couple of different options available out of the box, and more can be added through the visuals store. Out of the box options include a native map, a “Filled Map” and Read more…
Figuring out the difference between fact and dimension tables in Power BI can be complicated. In this blog post we’ll go over the difference between the two and when they should be used. When you are building a data model fact and dimension tables are the two types of tables Read more…
A little while ago, a client came through with a list of 400 addresses that they wanted displayed in a map visual in Power BI based on specific criteria. Unfortunately, in order to display the addresses in the way that the client wanted the map visual required us to get Read more…
Canvas PowerApps Navigation As app makers create more complex PowerApps, the need to navigate a user across the various screens in the app becomes a necessity. A lot can be taken from the web design world in how we can provide this experience. Two common patterns that we can take Read more…
Variables in Power BI can be a very powerful way to enhance your DAX expressions and expand the possibilities of what DAX can do. Before Power BI supported variables, needing to use CALCULATE and the EARLIER function were cumbersome and created difficulties for data modelers. Today, those difficulties can be Read more…
The pagination options in Power BI are a great way to break your Power BI reports down into manageable bites. Adding more pages can give a designer more real estate to work with and more ways to break down data. On the flip side, too many pages makes the Pages Read more…
PowerApp applications are a blank canvas that can be used to accommodate almost any business use case. Featuring deep integration into the rest of the Office 365 suite and the Power Platform, PowerApps are a great tool in the intelligent enterprise’s arsenal. Whether the PowerApp is a canvas app or Read more…
Along with the free license, Power BI offers a couple of different licensing options. The main license types to worry about are called Premium and Pro. Which license you need largely depends on the audience that you need to present your data to. Power BI Premium is heavily geared towards Read more…
For many entry level Power BI developers, using the built in date table in Power BI will work fine. Behind the scenes Power BI auto creates a date table based on the date values in your data. However, many experienced Power BI developers want more control over their date tables Read more…