Building Reports
Act like the business, Think like I.T.
This month at our Power BI User group in Milwaukee Seth and myself walk through some of the basics of Power BI. We digest how can we leverage Power BI to Act like the business, […]
Month: October 2019
Sharing & Administration
Building a Gateway Cluster
Power BI requires a gateway for refreshing on premises data sources. There are a myriad of different data sources that you can create and two different ways you can set up the gateway. The first […]
Data Sources
Make PBIDS Files
In October of 2019 Power BI released a new file type, PBIDS. The Power BI Desktop Source (PBIDS) file is a JSON object file that aids users connecting to data sources. In true PowerBI.Tips fashion […]
Data Preparation Tips
Historical Stock Price Function in Power Query
This post will walk through how to pull daily stock price from Yahoo! Finance, then transform the data using a technique called a query branch. It will be completed all in the Power Query Editor. […]
Articles & Opinions
Power Query – Get Started!
As a user that builds Power BI reports, did you know the different technologies that come into play when you interact with the tool? This is one of the first questions I ask to new […]
Report Visualization Tips
Filled Donut Chart, Yumm..
We are starting today off with a fun chart. We will be making a filled donut chart. Typically, I don’t use donut charts but in this case I think we have a good reason, and […]
Data Sources
Power BI datasets: A Method to the Madness
As report authors we sometimes get caught up in how easy it is to create a report and provide value to the business. Each report is an opportunity to make a big contribution to the […]