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May 3, 2023
In Ep. 210, Mike, Tommy, and Seth break down a repeatable way to dissect someone else’s Power BI report—where to look first (selection, bookmarks, and filters), how to spot hidden UX logic, and when it’s smarter to refactor versus rebuild.
Apr 28, 2023
In Ep. 209, Mike, Tommy, and Seth explore Power BI conditional formatting end-to-end—choosing gradients vs. rules vs. icons, building measure-driven formatting with measures, and avoiding designs that confuse more than they clarify.
Apr 26, 2023
In Ep. 208, Mike, Tommy, and Seth debate whether the analytics “supply chain” is dying—why a shared metrics trunk and edge-driven feedback loops matter, and what AI changes (and doesn’t change) about BI.
Apr 21, 2023
In Ep. 207, Mike, Tommy, and Seth break down story framing and story forming—how to define audience, intent, and the “so what” before you build visuals, so your Power BI report drives a decision instead of just displaying data.
Apr 19, 2023
In Ep. 206, Mike, Tommy, and Seth explain why the one-way “analytics supply chain” is breaking down, what defined the second age of analytics, and how AI is accelerating the shift toward product-minded, feedback-driven BI.
Apr 14, 2023
In Ep. 205, Mike, Tommy, and Seth lay out a simple ‘raise the bar’ framework for business metrics: start with a small set of master metrics, add movement context, and use tiered supporting metrics (rates + drivers) so every KPI leads to a decision.
Apr 12, 2023
They break down what source control actually buys you in Power BI—safe releases, clear diffs, and parallel work—then map today’s workarounds to what’s coming next. Along the way, they highlight new announcements like TMDL and deployment pipeline change review that push Power BI closer to real CI/CD.
Apr 7, 2023
In Ep. 203, Mike, Tommy, and Seth break down why ‘it depends’ is a sign of expertise (not dodging): you’re balancing tradeoffs. They draw a clean line between universal best practices and situation-specific optimizations, and share a simple approach for testing performance changes and asking better requirements questions.
Apr 5, 2023
Ep. 202 defines what success looks like for Power BI admins—balancing governance and enablement, setting the right tenant guardrails, and measuring adoption with signals that actually matter.
Mar 31, 2023
Ep. 201 explores where AI actually helps in BI (and where it doesn't): it can accelerate drafts of visuals, text, and analysis—but context, audience, and judgment still drive good data storytelling.
Feb 28, 2023
Power BI is a powerful business intelligence tool that helps organizations to gain insights into their data. With its ability to create stunning visua...
Nov 3, 2022
_PowerBI.Tips LOVES community. And we are out to prove it._ We are so proud to announce [Community Jam by PowerBI.Tips](https://jam.powerbi.tips/), t...
Oct 12, 2022
When the moon hits your eye… If Dean Martin were still alive and loved Power BI as much as we do… Do you think he might change up the lyrics of his so...
Sep 20, 2022
When you have really large data models loaded in powerbi.com there are challenges around quickly loading gigs of data into a data model. This is parti...
May 6, 2022
## The Problem Most of you have probably run into a situation where someone in your organization has authored a report in the Power BI web service, a...
Apr 30, 2022
When organisations deploy Power BI, it is important to offer support to users. Often this can be in the form of formal help desk and tickets. In addit...
Feb 10, 2022
If you want to start learning Power BI, or are looking to improve your skills, there are lots of areas you can start. However, learning itself is a sk...
Feb 10, 2022
Power BI continues to grow and strengthen its position in the enterprise space. A feature that you may not be aware of, but can be extremely valuable,...
Feb 3, 2022
Howdy folks, and Happy New Year! We’ve just released Business Ops 3.0.2, which contains long-awaited updates for the following External Tools: * [...
Jan 9, 2022
In the day to day operations of businesses speed of delivery, cost effectiveness, and satisfaction of outcome is a trifecta of challenges we run again...
Dec 22, 2021
Themes are the bedrock of consistency. As report authors it is important to create a consistent experience in a single, series or multitude of reports...
Dec 15, 2021
First of all, go read this amazing blog put out by Alberto Ferrari over at SQLBI that he posted awhile ago. It is the context for the conversation we...
Dec 12, 2021
This month we partnered with the relaunch of the Des Moines user group to host Matthew Roche. This month’s topic is all about data culture. If you don...
Dec 9, 2021
This topic was gleaned from the absolute wealth of knowledge put down in the MSFT [Power BI Adoption Roadmap](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-b...