Brent Jones
Does the 80/20 Rule Appear in Car Sales? A Power BI Analysis
I always here about the 80/20 rule in theory but I've never actually gone out and tried to find it myself. So I decided to test it out w
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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
- Nov 17, 2018
Ease Your Mind With a Free Power BI Reference Guide!
Do you feel lost sometimes in Power BI? Don't worry! I compiled together some of the major areas of Power BI, Dax, and Power Query into
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Brent Jones
- Nov 5, 2018
Power BI: Ultimate Guide to Joining Tables
There are three approaches to joining tables in Power BI. One is on the relationships page, another is with Power Query, and another with DA
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Brent Jones
- Oct 31, 2018
Power BI: Ultimate Solution to Parameters and Changing Data Sources
Changing a data source is done on the Power Query side of Power BI. This can be a bit of a hassle as you need to open up the Power Query edi
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Brent Jones
- Oct 29, 2018
Power BI: Ultimate Guide to the Basics of Importing Data
To begin, click on the "Get Data" button on the Home tab of Power BI. This will bring up a new window with several options.
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Brent Jones
- Oct 23, 2018
How Mars's Gravity Affects you, and Spaghettification!? A Power BI Analysis.
There's a lot of talk around humans going to, and living on Mars recently. There are plenty of challenges that this brings - oxygen, tem
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Brent Jones
- Oct 19, 2018
Building a KPI Dashboard for a Recruiting Company!
For the past couple of years I've worked for a consulting firm and created several dashboards for various purposes.
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Brent Jones
- Oct 9, 2018
How to use Power BI Role Level Security
RLS is a security feature in Power BI that allows you to limit the data shown to users based on their role in your organization. It may soun
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Brent Jones
- Oct 4, 2018
Best Book for Learning DAX and Power BI
Why Learn DAX? You may be thinking, "Oh, DAX is easy. I mean, it looks just like Excel formulas!". That's what I thought too..
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Brent Jones
- Oct 3, 2018
MicroStrategy vs Power BI (Report builder tools for desktop)
In this article, I'll go over the pros and cons of Power BI and MicroStrategy's report builder tools.
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Brent Jones
- Oct 1, 2018
Analyze Your Business's Facebook Page with Power BI
Power BI comes with a Facebook connector that allows you to analyze any Facebook page's posts and comments - your business's page as
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Brent Jones
- Sep 14, 2018
2 Easy Steps to Creating User Input Variables with Power BI
Read about how to easily create user input variables for your dashboard users! Example with the classic train problem.
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Brent Jones
- Sep 12, 2018
Creating a Zooming Mandelbrot Fractal with Python in Power BI
Read about how to create a zooming feature of the Mandelbrot fractal with Power BI and Python!
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Brent Jones
- Sep 7, 2018
Power BI: Building a Recipe Dashboard
Can Power BI help us out with keeping up with our recipes? Sure it can!I wanted to try and make a 'cool' recipe search tool. Somethi
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Brent Jones
- Sep 6, 2018
Power BI: Visual of the Week - WordCloud
Analyzing the NASA Facebook page comments In this blog, I'd like to go over the WordCloud custom visual. It's great for showing cate
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Brent Jones
- Sep 4, 2018
Dashboard Design Tips: Learning from the Google Trends Dashboard
Read about how to create a simplistic dashboard like Google Trends with Power BI.
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Brent Jones
- Aug 29, 2018
Analyzing Star Data with Power BI and Python
Power BI is great for astronomers! In this blog, I'll go over how to use Power BI to analyze your data alongside Python visuals.
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Brent Jones
- Aug 20, 2018
Power BI: Building a Digital Nomad Dashboard
Read about how to make a Power BI dashboard to help you make a decision on the best countries to visit for a Digital Nomad Excursion!
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Brent Jones
- Aug 17, 2018
Power BI: Visual of the Week - Bubble Chart
Create an exciting report and a custom feel with a custom visual in Power BI! Let's take a look at the Bubble chart by Akvelon.
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Brent Jones
- Aug 16, 2018
Power BI: Using Python to Get Your Data
Find out how you can write Python code inside the Advanced query editor with Python.Execute()
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