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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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The Definitive Guide to DAX - Book Review
The Definitive Guide to DAX is truly a definitive guide to DAX - a title well named.
Brent Jones
Aug 1, 2024
77 views
Performance Comparison of Power BI Visual Calculations
Visual Calculations propose an enticing performance benefit; one that can potentially improve loading speeds drastically.
Brent Jones
Apr 28, 2024
204 views
Measure, Dimension and Switch Parameters in Power BI. What's the Difference?
In Power BI, you can create three different types of parameters of what I call; Measure, Dimension and Switch parameters.
Brent Jones
Feb 10, 2024
1,615 views
SQLBI Mastering DAX Workshop Review
I recently had the pleasure of attending SQLBI's 3 day Mastering DAX Workshop. Read on below for my thoughts!
Brent Jones
Nov 19, 2023
183 views
Calculation Groups in Power BI Desktop
Calculation groups can now be authored directly in Power BI desktop!
Brent Jones
Oct 30, 2023
442 views
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?
Brent Jones
Aug 20, 2023
109 views
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
Brent Jones
Jul 13, 2023
411 views
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.
Brent Jones
Jun 6, 2023
630 views
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.
Brent Jones
May 27, 2023
668 views
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.
Brent Jones
May 25, 2023
1,877 views
An Alternative to Calculation Groups in Power BI
How to create calculation groups in Power BI without Tabular Editor?
Brent Jones
Apr 8, 2023
1,092 views
What is the Difference Between FILTER and CALCULATETABLE?
What is the Difference Between FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE()?
Brent Jones
Mar 18, 2023
1,706 views
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...
Brent Jones
Jan 25, 2023
318 views
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
2,715 views
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
592 views
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
416 views
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
324 views
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
285 views
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
20,920 views
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
105 views
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