Brent Jones
Do You Need Relationships For Power BI? A Look Into The Disconnected Model Paradigm.
This may be blasphemous to even ask, but... do you really need to join your tables in the first place?
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The Antares Alien
Power BI | Game Development
The Antares Alien
Power BI | Game Development
Blarg! Here, I write about Power BI stuff in a fun and unique way. I also occasionally write about video game development. Thanks for checking out my blog!
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Brent Jones
- Jul 13
PBIP Files - A More Developer Oriented Approach for Working With Power BI Projects
We now have access to PBIP files. These are "Power BI Project" files that you can create via Save As -> PBIP
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Brent Jones
- Jun 6
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 3)
In this article, we will discuss how to change the measure of a Power BI visual programmatically with Python.
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Brent Jones
- May 27
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 2)
In this article, we will go over how to automate the visual position of a Power BI visual using the Layout file with Python.
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Brent Jones
- May 25
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 1)
Want to automate Power BI visual elements with Python? This guide is for you.
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Brent Jones
- Apr 8
An Alternative to Calculation Groups in Power BI
How to create calculation groups in Power BI without Tabular Editor?
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Brent Jones
- Mar 18
The Best Guide to FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE() Differences
In this article, I clearly layout the differences when using FILTER or CALCULATE TABLE.
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Brent Jones
- Jan 25
Performance of Dynamic M Query Parameters
Initially I thought this could improve the report latency/speed for reports using direct query mode. After all, Microsoft themselves say...
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Brent Jones
- Oct 6, 2022
Calculating Business Days and Hours Between Two Dates (DAX)
Power BI DAX has a function called "NETWORKDAYS()". However it does not calculate hours. If you need to calculate hours, you can use this...
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Brent Jones
- Sep 5, 2022
Unity Build Analysis (Updated Version)
For my latest project, I needed to get my game's build size under Google Play's 150MB size limit. My project's size at the time was over 300
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Brent Jones
- Mar 21, 2022
4 Easy Steps to Make Power BI Look Good (part 2)
Continuing from part 1, are you still struggling to get Power BI to "feel" professional?
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Brent Jones
- Mar 19, 2022
4 Easy Steps to Make Power BI Look Good (part 1)
Looking for ways to make your Power BI dashboard look good? Here are some guidelines to follow...
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Brent Jones
- Jan 23, 2022
Making Power Query More Dynamic: The Magic of Lists
Lists can be used to make Power Query more dynamic, like dynamically renaming or reordering columns.
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Brent Jones
- Nov 16, 2021
Power BI: How to show different date calculations on the same date axis.
Let's say you have a ticketing system and you want to show a count of tickets based on their created date and also on their completed date.
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Brent Jones
- Aug 27, 2021
Power BI: Create a Pop-Up Legend and Tooltip When Hovering Over Text
I'll describe how you can create a custom tooltip (or help text) that pops up when you hover over text using Power BI.
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Brent Jones
- Aug 7, 2021
Power BI: How to Remove Duplicates and Keep Most Recent?
How to remove duplicate records while ensuring that you keep the most recent item?
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Brent Jones
- May 8, 2021
Business Intelligence Trends in 2021
What are companies concerned about in 2021? Data Quality Management,
Data Discovery/Visualization,
Establishing a data driven culture
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Brent Jones
- Apr 25, 2021
Power BI Dashboard for Mobile
Did you know you can create an awesome BI analytics dashboard and have it on your phone? Power BI has an app for that!
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Brent Jones
- Mar 23, 2021
How to Share a Power BI Report or Dashboard
There are a couple of options for sharing your Power BI report or dashboard. However, the method you choose will depend on your business sit
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Brent Jones
- Mar 9, 2021
How to Reduce the Size of Your Power BI File
One great way to reduce the size of your PBIX file is by splitting it up.
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