BI-NSIGHT | Power Pivot & DAX in Power BI – SharePoint 2016 – Power BI AS Connector – Power BI Designer Preview Update – New Power BI Content Packs
In a week there have been a whole host of updates and changes within the Microsoft BI space. So let’s get to it. Power Pivot & DAX in Power BI This is related to my blog past that I created earlier this week (Power Pivot and DAX in Power BI). And it was amazing to see that later on in…
Power Pivot and DAX in Power BI
Introduction: Something got me thinking the other day when I used the Google Analytics Connector and saw what looked like to me was a Power Pivot Model, as well as an image. I know in the current Power BI Designer as well as when you import an Excel file into Power BI on the web front end, you do not get to see these…
Power Query – Adding Leading Zero to Number (EG: Month Number)
Below is an example if you have a requirement and you want to add a leading zero Example: You have a Month Number that starts with “1”, and you want it to start with “01” In your Power Query Window, click on Add Custom Column and then put in the following syntax Text.PadStart(Text.From([Month]),2,”0″) NOTE: In the above example, we have…
Error: An Item with the same key has been already added – Unable to load the tables in the Power Pivot Window
NOTE: First thing to do is to make a copy of your Excel Workbook, before making any changes to your Power Query Source. If you do NOT, and change your Power Query source, your Power Pivot Model could become unusable! 1. I had an issue where if I changed the Power Query source from a CSV after I made changes…
Excel – User Input for Custom MDX query using VBA and Pivots
I had a requirement where I wanted to do the following for a particular Power User · Give them the ability to put in a Date as a parameter in an Excel Workbook. · Once I have this date, is to the have a custom MDX query, which will then go and get the required data for the date. o …