Understanding Power BI Gateways
One of the crucial components in this ecosystem is the Power BI Gateway. In this post, we’ll delve into what Power BI Gateways are, why they’re important, the associated costs, and the pros and cons of using them. What is a Power BI Gateway? A Power BI Gateway is a software application that acts as […]
Boost Your Power BI with Essential External Tools
Power BI’s external tools work to enhance your development time. In this blog, we’ll look at some of the best external tools for Power BI and how they can enhance your data analysis and reporting. The tools are generally designed to review and optimise the performance of data models. These tools are great way to […]
Optimal Data Import Methods in Power BI
Power BI offers a range of data import methods. The traditional import methods of direct query and import are now the the latest import method of Direct lake. Each of these methods has its unique features, advantages, and best-use cases. In this blog, we will explore these methods in detail to help you choose the […]
DAX LOOKUPVALUE in Power BI
DAX LOOKUPVALUE function is the subject of this blog. It is particularly useful for retrieving values from tables based on specific conditions. In this blog, we will explore the LOOKUPVALUE function, its syntax and use cases. We will also cover examples to help you leverage its full potential. This is similar to the Power BI […]
Comparing Year on Year in Power BI
In an earlier post we showed you how to use SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR in power BI to compare data to the prior year The major shortfall of this is that the built in function matches the day of month and month, and does not properly reflect the day of the week If we show these with the […]
A Guide to Extracting Data from Joblogic
Following on from the blog last week,Joblogic Integrations with Power BI – Select Distinct Limited I thought I’d write a similar guide to extracting data from Joblogic. Joblogic is a popular Field Service Management (FSM) software that helps facility management companies run their operations. FSM software is particularly useful for companies that provide services at […]
How to Sync Slicers in Power BI
This post explains how to sync slicers in Power BI, without any complex code Slicers are an excellent way to give your users the ability to explore data, allowing users to use the slicers to filter the data down to particular information of interest. But, if your data has different data sets with common values […]
Using Google Search Console Data in Power BI
Google Search Console is a very powerful tool to measure SEO performance. This post highlights how with a little effort you can use Google Search Console Data in Power BI to create much more compelling dashboards It tracks a vast amount of really insightful data, but the reporting is limited The example below is the […]
Choosing the Right Paginated Reporting Tool
Pixel-Perfect Precision: In the data realm, the importance of robust reporting tools cannot be overstated. Businesses rely on accurate, timely, and insightful reports to drive strategic decisions, identify trends, and measure performance. In the modern landscape there is lots of focus on interactive visualisation software. However what are the options the distribution and delivering of […]
Navigating Power BI Data Alerts
Introduction Whilst reporting is a key component of any business, how do you respond to key changes. How do you ensure actions are generated when the data changes beyond the limits you set. As part of our Business Support Expert Services this can be a really efficient way to set up reports to monitor values […]
