Learn more about those drill buttons… Are you a newcomer to Power BI? If yes, then I’m pretty sure that those buttons at the top right corner of every visual are also new to you… From left to right, these are: Drill Up Drill Down Go To Next Level Expand Read more…
How can we help users when they are stuck? It is possible to “over-filter” a report in Power BI ❗ It happens as a result of users applying multiple filters and essentially filtering out any results. Some may even call this data exploration. As my math teacher used to say: Read more…
Hiding visual elements you don’t need to see 👀 all the time When it comes to data visualization, we have to keep in mind the space we have available. Which means that we are limited to a size of a screen. It can be a monitor 🖥, a laptop 💻 Read more…
Have you just started your journey with Power BI? Are you looking for a dataset that you can use in or connect Power BI to without the fear of slowing down the main database? Or just looking for ways of improving your skills? If you answered yes to any of Read more…
And why should you turn it off? By default, Power BI will create a hidden Calendar Table for all of the date-type fields in the data model. This is a really handy feature for new users 👍 It allows them to utilize Time Intelligence features without knowing how to create Read more…
My favorite and most used Time Intelligence ⏲ functions Most companies like to compare different time periods and see if they are doing better or worse than they were before. It can be a comparison to last year, last month, the previous quarter, etc… Setting up these calculations in Excel Read more…
What makes a BI Developer’s or Business Analyst’s life the most challenging? I would say that it is the constantly changing expectations from our reports and the fact that users would like to find more and more insights. Moreover, not just any insights, ones that are relevant to them. If Read more…
Did you know that with Bookmarks 📑 in Power BI you can save a lot of time? Just like a physical bookmark, this feature allows report users to quickly come back to a certain view of the report. It has the potential to highlight the most crucial bits and pieces Read more…