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Dynamic Chart Axis Scaling in Paginated Reports
The Challenge Although I prefer to always deliver a Power BI report, I still occasionally deliver paginated reports as a solution when it satisfies requirements well. In one reporting solution, I was asked to deliver a sales breakdown report with almost 100 trend charts, mostly laid out like small multiples. In my use case, it…
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FabCon / SQLCon 2026 Recap
FabCon 2026 was last week at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, and this year it paired with the new SQLCon for two conferences in one! Like many, this was the most rewarding data conference I’ve been to. What made FabCon 2026 great? Simply stated, the strong sense of community. 8,000 attendees but you…
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DataTune 2026
DataTune wrapped up last Saturday and it was a fantastic conference! After taking 2025 off, it was great to have this local Nashville conference back for it’s second year. I had the honor of presenting my DAX 101 talk and had a blast! I’m grateful to the folks who chose the session amongst some other…
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Happy 10th Birthday Power BI!
Ten years certainly is a worthy occasion for celebration! Power BI has come a long way in the last decade. As much as I’d like to just write some sentences recapping my favorite features, those words couldn’t encapsulate the importance of Power BI in my professional journey. For me, this milestone represents more than a…
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Scenic City Summit 2025
What a fun day! This was the first event where I’ve presented two sessions in one day. I expected to be completely worn out after session two, but I’m energized! Well, my voice is pretty tired and I’ve hit my word quota for the day. But connecting with the greater data and tech community is…
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DP-700: Fabric Data Engineer Associate Certification
I recently took and passed my first Fabric certification exam, the DP-700 Fabric Data Engineer Associate. I know, I know, it’s a little backwards, most folks take the DP-600 first. It’s no secret that this exam is challenging. The breadth of the exam covers ALOT of topics: KQL, Eventstreams, Eventhouses, pipelines, PySpark, T-SQL, Apache Spark,…
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FabCon 2025 Recap
FabCon 2025 was by far the most full schedule I have ever kept at a conference. Yet, I have never come to the conclusion of a conference feeling more invigorated, more inspired, or more grateful than this one. My intent was to post a daily recap throughout the conference. The days were so wonderfully packed…
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SQL Saturday Atlanta 2025 – AI & BI
Another great year at SQL Saturday Atlanta! I can’t emphasize enough how important community is. We are not meant to live alone! Community conferences like these always remind me of how much we have to offer one another and how much we can learn from one another. Here’s a few takeaways from the day: Thank…
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Book Review: Data Fluency by Zach Gemignani and Chris Gemignani
Data Fluency is about building an organizational culture that promotes good communication with data. Written by Zach Gemignani and Chris Gemignani, founders of Juice Analytics, the book reads as if it’s a peek into the author’s approach in how they consult and counsel their clients though the use of their Data Fluency Framework. Readers get…
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Copy Data Between Fabric Lakehouses in Different Workspaces Using the Copy Data Pipeline Activity
The Challenge This is a relatively simple challenge. There’s data in Lakehouse A, which resides in Workspace A, that needs to be copied to Lakehouse B, which resides in Workspace B. Not something you’d necessarily need everyday, but when you do, you want something that’s efficient and reliable. We could use a Dataflow Gen2 to…