Author: Thomas LeBlanc

Power BI Updates Dec 2023 Release – Preview Features

There are some new preview features in Power BI Desktop I thought were interesting. First, the On-object editing of visuals have improved significantly. Before I get to that, there is a button on the lower right of the…

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Fabric Persona(s)

With the release of Fabric, the Power BI (Fabric) portal has been updated. In order for a better look and feel, Microsoft has decided to split the areas into Personas. That was so all the artifacts available will…

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Show rows for attribute with No values

There was at a time, an attribute for the x-axis or value in a table to ‘Show rows with no data’. Not sure what Microsoft did with this option, but it is no longer available for some reason….

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Power BI Performance Tuning: Data Model

There are many opportunities for performance tuning in Power BI. The main areas are the data model, visualization pane and the service. Power BI always starts with data. Once the data is modeled, the visualizations can be created….

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Power BI Metrics Has Visual For Reports

At Live!360 last week, I saw Andrew Burst show a 20 minute Fast Track of Power BI Metric. I have not used this since it was renamed from Goals. He showed a Visual for the Desktop.   This…

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