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Milwaukee Brew City PUG – Oct 2020
The Milwaukee Crew is back at it again with the October 2020 Power BI User Group (PUG). This month we have the amazing Gil Raviv talk to us about Power Query and the Enterprise. For […]
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Customize the Default Dataset
In the October 2020 release of Power BI desktop you have the ability to load a dataset from the splash page. For this tutorial we dig in on how Microsoft enables a default dataset. Additionally […]
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Power Query API Considerations
This article is the second part in a series on API calls. It will look at some best practices and considerations when using API calls in Power Query. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Power BI Connections: Live Connection
Of all the connection types, I’ve always gravitated towards this one. I imagine it is because I come from the database developer side of things. I’m a big fan of doing things one time, and […]
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Power BI Connections: Direct Query
Now that we’ve solidly gotten through the basics in terms of what connection types are in the opening blog, found here, and detailed out what is included in the default connection type of Import found […]
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Power BI Connections: Import
Power BI’s default connection type is Import. In fact, if you have never dealt with a data source that handles multiple loading methods, you may never know that there are different loading methods because Power […]
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Power BI Connection Types
Get Data – Power BI Connection Types: An Introduction Hi, I’m Seth, I am very excited to be a contributing on PowerBI.tips. Mike has done an incredible job curating fantastic content for the PowerBI Community. […]
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Get Your OData Here
For those of you who are following my tutorials, you are most likely to understand that each tutorial comes with it’s own data source. This has been intentional so we can both walk through the […]