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Power BI–Decomposition is here!!!

One of the most used or nicest features of ProClarity (SharePoint PerformancePoint) back in the day, was the Decomposition tree. I am not sure why this is not common in all data visualization tools. Breaking down the data,…

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Power BI Report Server – September 2019 Updates

With every 4-5 months in time, Microsoft releases an updated Power BI Report Server along with a Power BI Desktop to support the server. The new features have already been out to the greater Power BI Service community…

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SQL Server Analysis Services 2019–New Features

The biggest news as far as I can see about SSAS 2019 is Calculation Groups. This is the long awaited feature, define calculated measures, used by many in Multidimensional Cubes. The new ‘table’ contains the Time intelligence (among…

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Power BI Service–New Look and Feel!!!

These is a new format for viewing dashboards/reports in the Power BI service. Luckily, you have a button to turn it on and off (for now). Figure 1 New Look On/Off button I am glad to have the…

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SQLSaturday Dallas #SQLSatDallas Did A Great Job!!!

The spent Saturday (6/1/2019) at another SQLSaturday. This one in Dallas, TX – #841. Since my session, Execution Plans SQL Server 2017 was the first session of the day, I plan a nice schedule of 5 sessions to…

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Power BI Performance Analyzer

Power BI has a new feature as part of the May release called the Performance Analyzer. The release notes caution that the page might be describing a feature that is not fully released, so this is a ‘look…

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Power BI Read Only XMLA endpoints–Public Preview Premium Users

Microsoft announced the Public Preview in Premium Edition for XMLA endpoints.  What does that mean? Not too long from now, you will be able to connect to Data Sets created in Power BI unloaded to the service with…

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Jan 2019 Release–Power BI Report Server

The latest release is available for Power BI Report Server. One note, make sure you have Dot Net Framework 4.6.2 installed because it is a requirement on the server. Now to the new features: Color saturation on visuals…

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Power BI Report Server–August 2018 Update

The latest release of Power BI Report Server is out. You can read more and download from here.     Some of the new features that we will use include : 1. Combo chart line styles – this…

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Power BI Report Server– 5 More Nice Features for On Premise Reports

In the first blog, a big thank you was given to Microsoft for enabling Power BI in Reporting Services. Lots of shops are still not in Azure with reporting. This option gives on premise companies a way to…

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