BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Upcoming Updates, Forecasting in Power BI, Q&A Updates, Row Level Security, Excel in Power BI, Cortana Integration, New Visuals, Power BI App on Apple Watch, Desktop Trend Lines, Desktop Drill Through, Desktop Conditional Formatting, Power Apps) – SQL 2016 – Part 2
Well with the Microsoft Data Insights Summit I was under no illusion that there was going to be a whole host of updates and great new features to Power BI. And it was great to see that I was not disappointed. So here are the highlights that I thought would be great to mention for this week’s blog post. Here…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (Publish in Web App, Enterprise Gateway GA, Desktop Update, Troux Content Pack, New Visuals) – SQL Server 2016 (CTP3.3, eBook, R)
So from last week to almost having nothing to talk about, to this week having a whole host of updates. Just to quickly mention I attended the first local Power BI User Group meeting in Brisbane this evening ( QLD Power BI User Group ), and it had a really great turnout, along with some great content for the first…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI (IOS Power BI App for SSRS, Enterprise Gateway, Printing, AT Internet Content Pack) – SQL Server 2016 (eBook, Mobile Publisher)
The year is finally coming to a close and it has been a really busy but amazing year. I am looking forward to what will be happening in the Microsoft BI space next year, with the release of SQL Server 2016, as well as I have no doubt that there are a great things planned for Power BI. Power BI…
BI-NSIGHT – Power BI Desktop (Date Hierarchy) – Power BI(Timeline Slicer Visual, Pin Excel Range to Dashboard, Power BI User Groups, Weekly Service Update, Visual Studio Application Insights Content Pack) – Microsoft BI Reporting Road Map – SQL Server 2016 SSIS Updates
With the Pass conference completed last week there has been a lot of information about SQL Server 2016 and the future does indeed look bright for BI within the Microsoft BI stack. And I personally think that in the future they will be leading in most of the BI areas. I am not going to go into all the details…
BI-NSIGHT – SQL Server 2016 CTP 3.0 (SSAS, SSRS, SSIS) – Power BI (Chiclet Visual, SparkPost Content Pack, Weekly Service Update, Personal Gateway Update, Tiles in SharePoint)
I expected this week to be a really interesting week with SQL Pass happening. As I was sure to see some really good and interesting updates from Microsoft and it sure is living up to this. There has been a lot of information on Twitter and on other blogs, so here is my take on the developments. SQL Server 2016…
Power BI (Visual Contest, On the Go, Hyperlinks, Drill Up, Drill Down, tyGraph Content Pack) – SQL Server 2016 – CTP 2.3 (SSAS Tabular with a dose of speed, SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)) – Power BI (Personal Gateway for Power BI Update)
Right once again there is a lot to get into this week, and as with every week there are a whole host of Power BI updates. Power BI – Visual Contest I have to say that this is both a smart and fantastic move by Microsoft. This allows them to get or gain a whole host of new chart types…
BI-NSIGHT – SQL Server 2016 – Power BI Updates – Microsoft Azure Stack
Well I have to admit that it seems that the Microsoft machine has been working flat out to get out new products and updates. If my memory serves me, this is the third week in a row that Microsoft has released new products and updates. I am really enjoying it! But hopefully this will slow down, so that we can…
SSRS – Microsoft sql server fitler table/matrix with 2nd row of data
What I wanted to do, was to create multiple table/matrix, but to have them separate. And then to have 5 of them in total. But I wanted to have the top 5. So I wanted the first one to be the top value, then top 2, top 3, top 4 and top 5. This is what the result looks like:…
The future for me
I was reading through the email from The Databse Weekly and I saw an article from Paul Randal with regards to Paul being your mentor. This really got me thinking and where is my future within Business Intelligence (BI). I really love what I do. I get great satisfaction and enjoyment when I can tell people a story about their…
Relocating to Australia – BI Job opportunities in Queensland
I thought I would let you guys know that I am about to relocate to Australia from South Africa. I have had an amazing time in South Africa, and learnt a whole lot whilst working at my past employer. So this is a plug at anyone who has any lead or potential BI work in Queensland, Australia. I would really…