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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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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
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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
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What is the Difference Between FILTER and CALCULATETABLE?
What is the Difference Between FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE()?

Brent Jones
Mar 18, 2023
1,699 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
414 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


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
7,710 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
284 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
20,889 views


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
22,371 views


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
1,632 views


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
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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
15,665 views


How to Create a Drill-Through page in Power BI
How to leverage Power BI's drill-through feature

Brent Jones
Sep 23, 2020
481 views
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