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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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Power BI On Premise – Full Screen
I noticed awhile back, but did not think too much about it. The viewing of Power BI Reports in Power BI Report Server has a banner, bread crumbs and menus that take some display space away from the…
Read More »Disabling Download Icon From Power BI Report Server
I read that we can remove the Download button from the main menu of Power BI Reporting Services. This is needed to clean up the Portal and remove anything that can be confusing to users. But, the only…
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