Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) is a library of functions and operators that can be combined to build formulas and expressions in Power BI, Analysis Services, and Power Pivot in Excel. DAX is fundamental for data manipulation and advanced analytics within these Microsoft tools. For users looking to enhance reports and derive sophisticated insights, a solid…
Data modeling forms the backbone of effective data analysis in Power BI. Choosing the right data model can significantly impact the insights derived from your data. Let’s explore various types of data models and their implications within Power BI. Star Schema The Star Schema is a fundamental dimensional model consisting of fact tables and dimension…
Are you desperately looking for an opportunity to dig down into the concept of Power BI? Power BI brings with it lots of acronyms and new concepts. Many people attend training, like this course when they first look at Power BI to understand how it works. Our objective in this article is to make some…
A word cloud is a custom Power BI visual that displays a collection of words in various sizes, colours, and orientations. The more frequent a word appears in your dataset, the larger the text appears. The below is an example of how a word cloud looks. Notice how several words appear larger? This is because…
In recent years, data visualization has become increasingly popular to help people make sense of large amounts of data. Power BI is a tool that allows users to create beautiful visualizations of their data. It is also interactive, allowing users to drill down into the data to see more detailed information. Power BI will change…
What is Row-Level Security? Row-level security (RLS) is the ability to restrict data for given users within Power BI. Row-level security (RLS) works by creating roles and selecting what data they can see, then assigned specific users to these roles. RLS is important to ensure that employees can only see data that they’re allowed to…
Are you trying to figure out the best data connection modes and confused about choosing your options? You have two fundamental choices. Either go for power bi direct query vs import. However, before making your choice, you must evaluate both options’ pros and cons.First, let us give you a brief insight into Microsoft Power BI….
Power bi sync filters across pages are used to filter different pages in a Power BI dashboard. In Power BI, we call them sync slicers. With the help of power bi sync filters or slicers, you don’t need to put slicers on every tab or page in the dashboard because all pages will get synchronized…
The idea of this tutorial is to help anyone looking to learn DAX. DAX, as a subject, is a vast topic, and hence it will only be better to get started with some introduction and then learn DAX in parts. In today’s post, we will learn some key concepts in DAX and slowly progress to…
To state the obvious, both DAX vs MDX have their own purposes to be able to co-exist. MDX can be used to query data from a cube and do a pivot of that data while DAX, being more of an expressions language than a query language, cannot be used similarly. Hence before we look at…
