• What's The Point of Power BI Anyway?
    19th November 2024
    Beyond Fancy Dashboards: Eliminating Data Drudgery Back in 2021, I listened to Mike Carlo discuss "virtuous waste" on PowerBi.Tip's "What is your virtuous waste" episode of their Explicit Measures podcast. The concept perfectly captured something I'd...
  • “Strictly Come Dancing” Power BI analysis
    23rd November 2023
    Yes, “Strictly Come Dancing” is with us yet again for the 21st Series! And yes, we’re crunching the numbers again not only on this series' contestants...
  • The New On-Object Interaction (preview) – wave goodbye to your comfort zone
    20th September 2023
    Since Power BI’s introduction in 2015, the Visualizations pane has had quite a few makeovers: But all these changes have been primarily cosmetic or...
  • Unravelling Fabric - What is it and what does it mean for Power BI?
    5th June 2023
    Unravelling Fabric - What is it and what does it mean for Power BI? Microsoft Fabric has made its grand entrance, subtly yet powerfully transforming...
  • Dynamic Format Strings for Measures
    27th April 2023
    New feature alert! The April 2023 update has introduced a game-changing feature: Dynamic Format Strings for Measures. With this new addition, you can...
  • Creating a Waterfall Visual with “From” and “To” Values
    24th November 2022
    If you have ever created the default Waterfall visual in Power BI, you will know that it will only show you the “To” value. This value is the total of...
  • DAX - Table Expansion Explained
    15th November 2022
    The following is an extract from Alison's book 'Up and Running with DAX for Power BI'. For many DAX users, getting to grips with the concept of table...