Data engineering on a lakehouse used to mean a lot of moving parts. A notebook for each transformation layer. A Data Factory pipeline to run them in the right order. Custom validation logic across scripts. Schedules to maintain and a Monitor Hub to watch when things break. Five different surfaces and five different things to […]
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Road to managed self-service BI
Many companies are widely using Power BI and are creating meaningful reports to gain insights into their data. This can be a great responsibility for the BI team. A lot of work goes into creating semantic models, writing correct DAX measures and having to create a report that fulfils the needs of the report consumers. […]
Add an embedded background image to your Power BI Theme
Power BI is a very popular visualization tool by Microsoft, allowing companies to do data exploration and analysis to gain a clearer insight into their data. One important aspect of bringing clear reports to your target consumers is how the report and visuals look. You can customize the design of your reports by applying a […]
The art of successful storytelling with Power BI
Data is abundant, but making it understandable and conveying its significance to stakeholders can be challenging. That’s where storytelling comes in. In this post, we explore how storytelling in Power BI revolutionizes data-driven decision-making, how you can craft compelling data stories in Power BI, and the power of PowerPoint integration with Power BI. Whether you’re […]
Kickstart your Power BI Knowledge
Power BI is a powerful data visualization and business intelligence tool that allows users to easily create interactive dashboards and reports. Whether you are new to Power BI or looking to expand your knowledge, it’s important to have a solid foundation to build upon. In this blog post, we’ll explore some key concepts and resources […]
Charticulator in Power BI
Sometimes getting the right insights in your data is more complex than any already existing Power BI visual can offer. Maybe you want to display your own branding inside visuals? Or you just like to play around to create the most beautiful and unique visuals. Here, Charticulator enters the field. This open-source project by Microsoft […]
Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool vs. Serverless SQL Pool
Microsoft’s Synapse Analytics Suite aims to provide solutions for various data usage, consumption, and exploratory situations while also ensuring that clients can control costs in a straightforward and predictable manner. To address these distinct circumstances, Microsoft has built two separate techniques to controlling and allocating computation. In this blog we will go through both techniques. […]
Power BI Aggregations
Have you ever worked with a large Power BI report that’s just very slow to load? You’ve tried tweaking the model to improve the performance but without any luck. Then maybe aggregations is something to look into. Using aggregations, you can store the values of a (large) table aggregated by, for example, a date, a […]
Power BI Deployment Options [Part 1]
Ever wondered how software engineers are able to work in massive teams on the same project/code and get changes pushed to the end users at frightening speed and consistency? Wonder no more! In this series, I will explain all there is to know about Application Lifecycle Management when using Power BI. At the end of […]
CI/CD of Synapse Serverless – Part 1/2
Introduction As can be noticed in several other blogposts, Azure Synapse provides a wide variety of functionalities to support organizations in creating a Data Platform. In this blog post, we’ll specifically focus on ‘Synapse Serverless’ which virtualizes data residing in your data lake making it SQL-query-friendly for business users and data scientists. As every of […]
