BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Desktop Update April – Quick Measures Preview – Mobile Apps Summary – Video Gallery & Ask a Partner Anything – View Related Content Pane – Sneak Peak add new Columns from Example – Tracking Adoption via Power BI Audit Logs)
There has been a whole host of updates and interesting things in Business Intelligence in the past weeks, so please find below the updates. Power BI – Desktop Update April This month’s Power BI Desktop update for April has a whole host of great updates and new features this month, which I will highlight what I think is most relevant…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Email Subscriptions, New APIs for Custom Visuals, Accounts Receivable Solution Template for SAP, Help Improve Direct Query) – SQLBI (Vertipaq Analyzer 1.7) – SQL Server (Power BI Reports in Technical Preview, Getting Started with Technical Preview of Power BI Reports)
It appears that we are now getting back into the swing of things, and this means more updates and additions to the Business Intelligence World. Power BI – Email Subscriptions This was a feature that I know I have personally been waiting for as well as a lot of other people. And yes this is very basic at the moment…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (SSRS mid 2017, Mobile Apps Update, OkViz Custom Visuals Updates) – SQL Server vNext (Get Data Experience,
Whilst last week there was not a lot of news in BI, Microsoft has been releasing some information which does make it feel like Christmas in the area of BI! Power BI – SSRS Mid 2017 This was really some welcome news especially for the people who use SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and are looking to use the Power…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (PowerPivotPro & Microsoft Helping displaced workers, Visualizing weather from Microsoft OMS) – SSAS (Memory Usage (1200 Compatibility Only) report using Power BI) – SQL Server (SP1, SSRS Updates
Another week close to Christmas and another week of great news in the Business Intelligence world. Power BI – PowerPivotPro & Microsoft helping displaced workers A quick mention on how it is great to see both the people at Power Pivot Pro & Microsoft are working together to help people find employment. The great thing about Power BI, is all…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (ArcGIS Maps, Forthcoming updates, Intune MAM for iOS App, Creating Custom Visual, Narrative Science) – SQL Server 2016 (CU Update 2, Embed Paginated Reports into ASP.NET)
This is going to be a rather long or large blog post with Microsoft Ignite this week I am certain that there will be some really amazing announcements. So here we go.. Power BI – ArcGIS Maps I am really looking forward to being able to use ArcGIS maps in Power BI. And not only will this be included in…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (August Power BI Desktop Update, Future Download Report & Snap to Grid, IntelliSense coming to Power Query, Power BI Training, WebTuna Content Pack, Building a Real-Time IoT Dashboard, Chris Webb Loading Data from Multiple Excel Workbooks saved in OneDrive, SCCM Solution Template) – SQL Server (SSAS Integrated Workspace Mode, SSMS Update, Report Builder Update)
Last week there was not a lot on the go, but it seems to have picked up this week, so here are the latest insights. Power BI – August Power BI Desktop Update As I am sure some of you would have already seen and heard and I personally have to echo what other people have said, it is great…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Mobile Apps Update, Custom Visual Tool Development Update, Dynamic Security Cheat Sheet, JavaScript API, Infer Content Pack) – Microsoft Flow (Available to Everyone) – SQL Server Analysis Services 2016 (Tabular Editor)
Another great week in the world of BI. Power BI – Mobile Apps Update for August 2016 Another month goes by and some more updates, this time from the Mobile Apps team. In this update they have done quite a lot of work with regards to the ability to do manual refreshing of your data in iOS if you have…
Power BI – (Twitter Solution Template, Real-time Data, Embedded GA Pricing Update, On-Premise Data Gateway Update, Monitor On-Premise Gateway) – SQL Server 2016 (SSDT Update, SSMS Update)
Here is this week’s BI updates Power BI – Twitter Solution Template This is the second solution template offered by the Power BI team and this time I think they have done a fantastic job. As I know of many companies who are active on Twitter and currently either do not have the resources or the time to be able…
Automating running PowerShell script which required Administrator elevation via SSIS
UPDATE (08 AUG 2016): I have updated this to use a SQL Server Agent Job instead of the Task Scheduler which proved to not be reliable. What we are going to explain below is the following via an example. Example – We are required to run a PowerShell script which will snapshot a database using Xtreme IO from EMC. In…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Embedded Pricing) – SQL Server 2016 (CU1, Mobile Report Publisher for July) – Excel (Power Query Update)
This week has been a good week in the BI domain. Power BI – Embedded Pricing As you can see from above they now have released what the pricing model will be for Power BI Embedded. You can find the link below to view what your pricing will be based on your data center you use. Power BI Embedded Pricing…