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View full profileSQLBI+ updates in December 2024
We released more content in SQLBI+ with two new sessions: Introducing Visual Calculations in Power BI: This two-hour session introduces the Visual Calculations feature in Power BI, which is still in preview. We plan to update the “Understanding Visual Calculations… Read more
What we are working on at SQLBI
No, this is not the end-of-the-year blog post about what happened in 2024: There is still more than one month to go! However, we are receiving many requests asking what we are working on at SQLBI. I wanted to write… Read more
SQL database in Fabric
In the mass of announcements made at Microsoft Ignite, I want to mention the SQL database in Fabric, which finally closes a gap we had in Power BI for many years. In May 2022, Microsoft launched Power BI Datamarts in… Read more
Announcing Contoso Data Generator v2
I am proud to announce the second version of the Contoso Data Generator! In January 2022, we released the first version of an open-source project to create a sample relational database for semantic models in Power BI and Analysis Services.… Read more
VPAX Command Line Tool for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux
Did you ever want to extract a VPAX file using a command line tool? If you are among the early adopters of DataOps principles or simply want to automate processes, you will be glad to know that we now have… Read more
SQLBI has more than 100k subscribers on YouTube
We recently surpassed the 100,000 subscribers milestone on the SQLBI YouTube channel. Therefore, Alberto and I unboxed the plaque received by YouTube. We are still fighting for who should keep it! Thank you all for watching us. Read more
SQLBI+ updates in May 2024
In 2023, we released the first draft of the Window functions in DAX whitepaper as part of SQLBI+. Since then, we have released a few updates and are now glad to announce the availability of the related 3-hour video course… Read more
DAX classes in Australia – August 2024
I am glad to be back in Australia in August 2024: we planned three Mastering DAX classes and two SQLBI Days about DAX Optimization. Read more
Strings list to table in DAX
DAX is not like M when it comes to data manipulation, and it is not supposed to do that. However, if you need something in DAX similar to Table.FromList in M, this blog post is for you. If you have… Read more
Author’s responsibility
Digital media content creators have an ethical responsibility to journalistic integrity. All of them do; all of us… including myself. Read more