More than Excel BI
In August 2018, a new type of conditional formatting has been added to Power BI: by field value. In this blog post I’m explaining how it works.
This feature is already available in Power BI service and is coming to Power BI Desktop in the next release. Continue reading “Conditional formatting by field value in Power BI”
When you publish a Power BI report to web, its outer background color will be grey by default. This may be undesirable if your report does not fit the screen perfectly, which will likely happen, because not all screens are of the same size and ratio. This blog post shows how you can change the outer background color. Continue reading “Changing outer background of Power BI reports”
After a few delays and technical issues, my book is finally available from Amazon, Microsoft Press Store, and a few other places!
This is the official exam reference for Microsoft exam 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI. Continue reading “The official Power BI exam reference book”
There are several undocumented DAX formula bar keyboard shortcuts in Power BI Desktop. For instance, you can comment or uncomment portions of your code, go to a specific line of code, and do other things. Some of the keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others — this blog post lists all that I am aware of. Continue reading “DAX formula bar keyboard shortcuts in Power BI Desktop”
In some cases, it may be necessary to separate a Power BI report from its dataset. For example, you may want to have multiple reports based on a single dataset, or you may have upgraded to Analysis Services. Currently, Power BI Desktop does not provide a simple way of switching from imported data to Live Connection or DirectQuery, but there are some workarounds. Continue reading “Switching from imported data to DirectQuery or Live Connection in Power BI”
In May 2018, the drillthrough capability of Power BI has got its own section in the Filters pane, which reflects two enhancements:
In this blog post, I am discussing these enhancements. Continue reading “Enhanced Drillthrough in Power BI”
Currently, Power BI does not have a built-in feature that enables you to switch between hierarchy levels with a slicer. While some field wells let you use a hierarchy, others, such as Legend, do not. In this article, I am showing a way to choose a hierarchy level dynamically. Continue reading “Dynamic hierarchies in Power BI”
Row-level security is an important part of many data models. In this article, I am showing a way to selectively grant “all” access with dynamic row-level security and only one role. For example, we can let a CEO see the whole data model, but a department head will be able to see their department’s data only. This article presents a more flexible approach in cases where using an organizational hierarchy and PATHCONTAINS would be inappropriate. Continue reading “Configuring “all” access with dynamic row-level security”
A colleague of mine has recently asked to provide him a background image from a Power BI Desktop file I have had shared with him previously. Because sometimes the original images are lost and only preserved in .pbix files, I figured a quick blog post about extracting the images would be useful. Custom themes too can be extracted in the same way. Continue reading “Extracting images and themes from Power BI Desktop files”