The ability to filter data by user is critical whenever sensitive information is shared, whether internally to an organization or even more so externally. This is often known as “row… Read more »
In a previous entry we saw how to use Cascading Style Sheets with Power BI’s HTML Content visual do apply dynamic visual effects outside what’s commonly expected within the platform…. Read more »
Microsoft Power BI rose to its leading position in the BI market on the back of its top-shelf PowerQuery self-service ETL and VertiPaq in-memory engine as well as its familiarity… Read more »
While the initial consumer-grade NASes sold during the late 2000s/early 2010s had fairly weak CPUs and little memory, newer models priced in the $200-$500 range from about 2019 forward are… Read more »
I’ve had NAS devices for almost 15 years and have grown our local network to 40+ devices for a family of 4, as the PCs, laptops, smart TVs, tablets, phones,… Read more »
In past years I went back and forth between Plex and Emby as my media server of choice but eventually settled on the former since I switched my server from… Read more »
When Microsoft introduced Power BI dataflows at the end of 2018 to separate no/low code cloud ETL from BI modeling and visualization, many people were initially confused about how refreshes… Read more »
A new view (pictured above) was recently spotted recently “in the wild” in Power BI dataflows (credit for the find: Dave Rujiter). I can’t find anything about it in the… Read more »
While some cloud BI tools such as Amazon QuickSight do all their authoring in the browser, Microsoft chose to develop a dedicated client creatively named Power BI Desktop. Its initial… Read more »
I find it interesting that Microsoft and Google have chosen to gate their latest data-driven improvements to their spreadsheets behind their most expensive enterprise licenses. These new features are great,… Read more »