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The Antares Alien
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The Antares Alien
Power BI | DAX
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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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...
Brent Jones
Oct 6, 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
Brent Jones
Sep 5, 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?
Brent Jones
Mar 21, 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...
Brent Jones
Mar 19, 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.
Brent Jones
Jan 23, 2022
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.
Brent Jones
Nov 16, 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.
Brent Jones
Aug 27, 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?
Brent Jones
Aug 7, 2021
Business Intelligence Trends in 2021
What are companies concerned about in 2021? Data Quality Management,
Data Discovery/Visualization,
Establishing a data driven culture
Brent Jones
May 8, 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!
Brent Jones
Apr 25, 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
Brent Jones
Mar 23, 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.
Brent Jones
Mar 9, 2021
Power BI Certification? It's the DA-100 Exam
Is there a certification or exam for Power BI offered by Microsoft? Yes - it is the DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI.
Brent Jones
Feb 12, 2021
4 Easy Steps to Building Your First Power BI Dashboard
Have you decided to use Power BI for your business's reporting needs? Or are you just exploring what Power BI can do? In this article, I'll
Brent Jones
Jan 23, 2021
Connecting Power BI to Postgre SQL Database
My team needed to connect to a Postgre SQL database using Power BI. However, we were getting an invalid certificate error and everything...
Brent Jones
Dec 5, 2020
How to Create a Drill-Through page in Power BI
How to leverage Power BI's drill-through feature
Brent Jones
Sep 23, 2020
What Skills Do You Need To Be A Power BI Developer?
In this article, I'll go over some of the main skills I think you will need as a Power BI developer.
Brent Jones
Aug 15, 2020
Power BI: How to Filter
How to filter in Power BI? There are several methods of doing this depending on what you are wanting.
Brent Jones
Aug 5, 2020
How to Get PDF data with Power BI
The most intriguing thing I discovered is that a country's density does not seem positively correlated with the amount of cases per capita.
Brent Jones
Jul 23, 2020
Power BI: How to Improve Refresh Speed
When working with Power BI, sometimes the refresh speed is excruciatingly slow.
Brent Jones
Jun 27, 2020
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