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A small step for Power Query, a giant step for our ETL
A small step for Power Query, a giant step for our ETL
Usually the result of a Power Query step consists of a table or at most a list. Sometimes we can use it in a more imaginative way!
Lorenzo Vercellati
Feb 1, 2022
Let’s start thinking in a Power BI mode
Let’s start thinking in a Power BI mode
If you want to get great results, you need to start approaching Power BI as a project, thinking in a Power BI mode!
Lorenzo Vercellati
Jan 28, 2022
Learning to Fly
Learning to Fly
PowerQuery is a very powerful tool, but sometimes we have to look beyond the user interface to modify it and make it even more powerful
Lorenzo Vercellati
Jan 13, 2022
Extreme Makeover Power BI Edition
Extreme Makeover Power BI Edition
Have you ever seen Extreme Makeover — Home Edition? The TV show where experts renovate a house transforming and enhancing it? Well, today…
Lorenzo Vercellati
May 19, 2021
Highlighting a series
Highlighting a series
A few weeks ago, I was working for a client to a line visual in a Power BI report . It was certainly not a difficult chart to make, but it…
Lorenzo Vercellati
May 3, 2021
Let Your Data Race
Let Your Data Race
During the last two years it has been not so unusual viewing infographics with racing bar chart to show the evolution of data along time…
Lorenzo Vercellati
Mar 15, 2021
Appearances are deceiving
Appearances are deceiving
Few months ago I wrote a long-form post for Lucient blog about the Data Visualization and Storytelling rules and Best Practices. If you…
Lorenzo Vercellati
Mar 4, 2021
A Question of Size
A Question of Size
When you work with Power Bi Report Server, one of the things you must always monitor is the actual RAM occupation by published reports…
Lorenzo Vercellati
Nov 13, 2020
Cross Dashboard Navigation
Cross Dashboard Navigation
Anyone who develops reports with Power BI knows that they can build a dashboard on top of their reports. Sometimes the visuals to pin to…
Lorenzo Vercellati
Oct 21, 2020
Date Slicer Mutant Behavior
Date Slicer Mutant Behavior
One of the most used visuals in Power BI reports is certainly the slicer: a simple and intuitive visual that allows users to have a lot of…
Lorenzo Vercellati
Oct 20, 2020
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