Month: June 2023

Understanding Microsoft Fabric Licensing and Cost (Public Preview)

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Everyone has been asking and now we have some information. Adam breaks down how Microsoft Fabric Licensing and costs work. Helping you get the most out of Fabric!

Announcing Microsoft Fabric capacities are available for purchase
https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/announcing-microsoft-fabric-capacities-are-available-for-purchase

Microsoft Fabric licenses
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/enterprise/licenses

Power BI for US government customers
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/enterprise/service-govus-overview

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Excel Place Local Pictures In Cell Using Formula and a VBA Hack – Episode 2607a

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Use Excel VBA to replicate the IMAGE function for images stored locally.

In episode 2606, I showed the new Insert Pictures in Cells and lamented that they did not change the IMAGE function to allow images stored on the local hard drive. Using the VBA Macro in this workbook, you can do it. The VBA is actually better because it remembers the image path and displays it in the formula bar.

To download the workbook or copy the VBA: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/0NArag0pV7I/

Table of Contents
(0:00) Enhancing Picture In Cells to use a formula
(0:30) Behind Scenes of 2606
(1:00) Sort Order Continue reading “Excel Place Local Pictures In Cell Using Formula and a VBA Hack – Episode 2607a” →

Use your browser to edit your Power BI dataset within Microsoft Fabric

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More Power BI Desktop capabilities are heading to the service. Modeling in the web is the latest addition. Now Mac users can enjoy editing capabilities! Emily joins us to tell us more!

Edit your data model in the Power BI Service (Preview)
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/edit-your-data-model-in-the-power-bi-service-public-preview-opt-in/

Edit data models in the Power BI service (preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/transform-model/service-edit-data-models

Emily Lisa
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyklisa/

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Understanding OneLake within Microsoft Fabric

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The key to Microsoft Fabric is definitely OneLake! OneLake enables the reuse of data within Fabric to help drive all of the engines. One copy of the data! Josh Caplan joins us to help get an understanding of the power of OneLake.

OneLake, the OneDrive for data
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/onelake/onelake-overview

OneLake shortcuts
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/onelake/onelake-shortcuts

OneLake File Explorer
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/onelake/onelake-file-explorer

Josh Caplan:
https://twitter.com/JoshCaplan1984
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-caplan-2139a3a6/

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Excel – Picture Place In Cell – Episode 2606

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial – new feature to place a picture in a cell in Excel.
Can the Excel IMAGE function use a local hard drive? Not yet.
New Excel VBA method: InsertPictureInCell
Insert Many Pictures in Excel in one command.
Feature Requests:
Expose a VBA property to show original source of the image
Allow IMAGE function to point to local hard drive.
Allow Power Query to load in-cell images.

To download this workbook: https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/mFd8HsHmfpA/

Table of Contents
(0:00) New Picture In Cell feature
(0:33) Pictures on drawing layer
(0:47) Inserting image in cell in Excel
(1:05) Fitting in Cell
(1:20) Alignment
(1:35) No apparent way to rotate image
(2:02) Use Case from Jerry
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Understanding Microsoft Fabric — 11 Crucial Things You Need to Know

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Welcome to our guide on Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft’s newly introduced data platform.

In this video, we’re presenting 11 key aspects you need to understand about this powerful tool. We’ll explore its primary functions, integral features, and how it interfaces with other Microsoft products such as OneLake Data Hub, Data Factory, Synapse Data Engineering, Synapse Data Science, Power BI, as well as its AI and Co-pilot integrations.

This guide is suitable for business owners, data scientists, and anyone interested in the latest advancements in data platforms. It’s important to note that as a new platform, Microsoft Fabric is in continuous development and Continue reading “Understanding Microsoft Fabric — 11 Crucial Things You Need to Know” →

Budget Vs. Actual Variance Analysis: Data Modeling, DAX, or Worksheet Formulas? 365 MECS Class 19

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Download Zipped Folder with All Files: https://excelisfun.net/files/19-M365ExcelClassVideoFiles.zip
50 pages of pdf notes: https://excelisfun.net/files/19-M365ExcelClass.pdf
This video shows how to create an actual vs. budget variance report in three ways: 1) Relationships and DAX Formulas, TREATAS Dax Function and Worksheet Formulas.

This full free Microsoft 365 Excel & Power BI class is taught by Excel MVP and Highline College Professor and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrRPvpgDmw0nre_bTeBfJWjrnixKoyNtW
This video covers.
1. (00:00) Introduction and video topics
2. (00:32) Budget Vs Actual Grain Problem
3. (01:13) Two Fact Tables
4. (02:20) Create Budget Vs Actual Variance Report with three methods
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Leverage the Microsoft Fabric Trial

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Did you know that Microsoft Fabric comes with a 60-day free Fabric Capacity trial? Adam shows you how to get it and the reason why you may not be able to use it.

Microsoft Fabric (Preview) trial
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/get-started/fabric-trial

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Why can’t I use Microsoft Fabric?

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You’ve heard about all the great things with Microsoft Fabric, but you don’t see it in the portal. You only see the Power BI items and no persona switcher. What’s going on? Adam shows you to enable Fabric for your tenant.

Enable Microsoft Fabric for your organization
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/admin/fabric-switch

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Excel – Draw a Line through Text (Strikethrough) #shorts

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial – How to draw a line through text.
Some people call it Strikethrough. Others call it crossing out text.
How can you do it in Microsoft Excel.

This short video starts with a memory aid about taking inventory with a mechanical pencil and making hashmarks. You might start with |||| to mean 4. After the 4th vertical hashmark, you cross out the lines to indicate 5. It is the 5th line that crosses the others out. This is how I remember that Ctrl+5 is Strikethrough!

Download the workbook from https://www.mrexcel.com/youtube/PmQpp46p3ls/

Table of Contents
(0:00) Counting with Hashmarks
(0:12) Cross out Continue reading “Excel – Draw a Line through Text (Strikethrough) #shorts” →