The Definitive Guide to DAX - Book Review
The Definitive Guide to DAX is truly a definitive guide to DAX - a title well named.
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The Antares Alien
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The Antares Alien
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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
- Apr 28
Performance Comparison of Power BI Visual Calculations
Visual Calculations propose an enticing performance benefit; one that can potentially improve loading speeds drastically.
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Brent Jones
- Feb 10
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.
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Brent Jones
- Nov 19, 2023
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!
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Brent Jones
- Oct 30, 2023
Calculation Groups in Power BI Desktop
Calculation groups can now be authored directly in Power BI desktop!
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Brent Jones
- Aug 20, 2023
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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Brent Jones
- Jul 13, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
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, 2023
What is the Difference Between FILTER and CALCULATETABLE?
What is the Difference Between FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE()?
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Brent Jones
- Jan 25, 2023
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
- 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
- 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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