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Trolling the Power BI Ideas Site
Trolling… we should clear up the definition of this right off the bat. We aren’t talking about the type of trolling where we spend a bunch of time finding things on the Power BI Ideas […]
Videos
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Scale a Visual
For each visual in Power BI Desktop there is a button called Focus Mode. This feature highlights a single visual. While this can be helpful, it does remove the ability to change or adjust the […]
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Respect Layers
If you are like me and you like making your reports look extra good with different visual elements you’ve probably come across the issue before where you use shapes or images layered behind a visual. […]
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How to use Tooltips in Power BI
In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience. Tooltips appear when the cursor is hovering over a visual. Not all visuals will have Tooltips as this feature is added by […]
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How to Navigate Hierarchies on a Visual in Power BI
In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience. A hierarchy is a ordered set of values that are linked to the level above. An example of a hierarchy could be […]
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How to use Focus Mode in Power BI
In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience. Focus mode allows for a single visual to expand for dedicated interaction and review. This video walks you though how to use […]
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How to use the Ellipsis in Power BI
In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience. The Ellipsis allows users to open an option menu specific to a visual. In this video we walk through how to use […]
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How to use Drillthrough in PowerBI
In Power BI reports various features are used to enhance the reporting experience. Drillthrough allows users to navigate to different report pages within a report. Below is a demo of Drillthrough. Video of How to […]
News & Events
Microsoft Business Application Summit – PowerBI.Tips 2018 Top Tips and Tricks
Want to give a special thanks to the Microsoft PowerBI team for allowing PowerBI.Tips to participate in the 2018 Microsoft Business Application Summit. If you were not able to make it to this event don’t […]
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Segmented Filtering with Slicers
This weeks tutorial focuses on the need to control groups of visuals independently. This recently came up in a project where I needed to adjust all the items on the left side of the screen […]