An often overlooked, yet powerful feature of Power BI allows you to publish a report to a website using an embed code. This puts the report and underlying data out for everyone who has access to that web page. The sample page below shows a sample book I published for a training session. The following how-to will walk you through will the steps leverage this feature on your site.
The best place to start when learning to develop Power BI solutions is to review the logical architecture your Data Visualization projects will have. There are many moving parts and pieces to a Power BI solution, especially when looking at the varied data sources you can use. From on-premises to web-based, from public to confidential, you must make sure you expose your data securely. Having a good clear architecture will help you achieve a not only a good solution but also a secure one. The following article will show you how you can architect your own solution.
Using an Excel file in OneDrive for Business allows multiple users to update data, connect to a data source and schedule an automated refresh without having a lot of infrastructure. The following walkthrough will show you how to leverage this feature for your solution.
So, I just unpacked my “new” Apple Macintosh Classic. Lates nights, balancing databases and eBay don’t mix. 🙂 But as it sits there, I am finding an amazing flood of emotion and inspiration that has been missing of late, let me explain.
I needed to quickly create a calculation that tested for the presence of a string in another column’s text values. There are two ways to solve this, but the first one is an interesting example that you can use in several situations. This solution plays on the true-false values of the DAX IF function in PowerBI.
Minimize the impact on SQL Automation workflows when migrating to SQL Azure by automating stored procedures using Runbooks and E-mail. This step by step tutorial and walkthrough will review a solution to provide scheduling via Azure Runbooks with integrated O365 email alerts.
