Tag: Power BI
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Nashville M365 Community Day 2026
The Nashville M365 Community Day (part of TN Days) took place today at the Nelson Andrews Leadership Lodge in Nashville, Tennessee. What a fun day and beautiful venue! 30 Power BI Tips & Tricks Thank you to everyone who came and drank from the firehose of my session! 30 tips in 50 minutes (well, 53…
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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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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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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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Power BI at Work: Live Hands-On Developer Training
We’re thrilled to announce our new live Power BI foundations course, Power BI at Work! Whether you’re brand new to Power BI or looking to level-up in a fun group setting, our course gives you confidence to hit the ground running. Mark and I are both long time Power BI nerds who enjoy equipping others…
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Nashville Power BI User Group: Demystifying DAX
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s Nashville PBIUG meeting and for being an engaged group with great questions! The slide deck is posted here. You can also catch the video recording on our YouTube channel or below.
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Atlanta Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group
Thank you to Teo and Damu for the opportunity to share 30 Power BI Tips & Tricks with the Atlanta Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group this evening. You are a great group! Thank you to all who attended and for the great questions! The PBIX Presentation file is below: PBI 30 Tips and Tricks Atlanta…
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Power BI Tips & Tricks: Build a Date Table with Power Query
In the previous post, we looked at options and features to power up your Power Query experience. I’d like to build on that in this article. Perhaps the greatest feature of Power Query is the UI. Any user can perform dozens of transformations, both basic and complex, with only mouse clicks and no need to…
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Power BI Tips & Tricks: Power Up in Power Query
Power Query is undeniably one of my favorite features of Power BI, and for that matter, Excel. Power Query packs a powerful punch for performing ETL (extract, transform, and load) tasks and it’s user interface makes completing these tasks pretty simple without having to write any code. I won’t expand on all of the reasons…
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Power BI Tips & Tricks: Simple Additions with Big Impacts
Let me start this post by stating the obvious: data is the main focus of our data models and reporting. Without the data, well, the models and reporting would be pointless. But as necessary as the data is, often times I find that it’s the small details in our data models and reports that bring…