Category: Power BI

Ready to be a Kusto Detective with Azure Data Explorer?

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Your detective journey starts with the Kusto Detective Agency for Azure Data Explorer. This is a really fun way to learn the Kusto Query Languate (KQL)! Patrick gets you started! And, it’s FREE!

Kusto Detective Agency:
https://detective.kusto.io/

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How To Calculate Running Totals In Power BI Using DAX

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Running Totals is one of the most common analytical insight required when building reports or dashboards within most, if not all, organizations. In this video, Sam is going to show the simple logic required in DAX to develop visualization of this type of analysis.

*****Video Details*****
00:00 Introduction
01:42 Running total in 30 days
03:58 Running total in 90 days
04:30 DATESINPERIOD
06:17 Turning it into a visualization

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🔴 Power BI tips from the Pros – LIVE (Jan 28, 2023) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Power BI!

💥 30 minutes: Open Q&A (Public)
💥 Then… Members Only Chat (Public can watch & Super Chat for Questions)

📢 RULES FOR Q&A: 📢

👉 Put a “Q:” in front of your comment to help us identify questions!
👉 Super chats take priority
👉 Do NOT re-post your questions! We’ll get to as many questions as we can.
👉 If you SPAM your question, you will be put in timeout

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Considerations For Dark Backgrounds In Power BI Reports [2023 Update]

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Dark backgrounds with light font colors make your visuals really pop, but there are a few things to consider when implementing this design format. In this video, Sam details out what to watch out for and what you need to implement to make sure your reports still stay effective.

*****Video Details*****
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Why Use Dark Backgrounds For Visuals
03:58 Conclusion

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What do you want to see from Guy in a Cube? – Channel Update

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It’s 2023 and there are amazing things ahead! Adam looks at what will be coming for the Guy in a Cube channel, and more importantly has a question for YOU!

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What happens when you miss a refresh day with Power BI Incremental Refresh?

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You’ve set up Power BI Incremental Refresh and there is a day that is missed because schedule refresh failed or some other reason. What happens? Do you lose that data? Patrick digs in!

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How To Easily Create Data With Python Faker Library

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Fake dataset is often used for testing and filling databases or maintaining user privacy by using some dummy data. Data analysts would know that manually creating fake data would be a daunting task! In this tutorial, Gaelim will demonstrate how you can easily create data using Python Faker.

*****Video Details*****
00:00 Introduction
01:28 Libraries needed
02:25 Locale
03:54 Types of data
05:11 Random element selector
05:58 Creating the dataset

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What is a Slowly Changing Dimension???

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Want to know more about a slowly changing dimension? What about the different types? Patrick goes through examples and ties in the surrogate key!

Sample: https://github.com/guyinacube/demo-files/blob/master/video%20demos/Synapse/20230124%20-%20SCD%20Demo.sql

Handling Type II Dimension with the MERGE Statement
https://sqldownsouth.blogspot.com/2010/11/handling-type-ii-dimension-with-merge.html

Slowly Changing Dimension
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_changing_dimension

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How To Create Dynamic Tables In Power BI Using RANKX

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In this tutorial, Sam runs through how to create a dynamic table that only shows the top results across a range of measures. You can do this using a combination of DAX formula including the RANKX function. This is great ranking technique for a number of analytical scenarios in Power BI.

*****Video Details*****
00:00 Introduction
01:00 The goal
01:41 Profit growth YOY
03:40 Sales YOY
04:26 Margin growth YOY

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How To Change Size Of Visual Based On Ranking Selection In Power BI Using DAX [2023 Update]

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In this tutorial, Sam demonstrates a cool data visualization technique RANX to change the size of a visual based on a ranking selection. Once you understand the patterns there are multiple ways you could apply this to other scenarios.

*****Video Details*****
00:00 Introduction
01:01 Supporting table
02:53 Customer ranking
04:15 Incorporating the measures

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Allow users to Show and Hide columns in a Power BI Paginated report!

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In a Power BI Paginated Report, you can allow your report consumers to customize what they see in the report such as which columns they want in their table or matrix. Patrick shows you how!

Sample RDLs: https://github.com/guyinacube/demo-files/blob/master/video%20demos/RDL/20230118%20-%20Paginated%20Show%20Hide%20Columns.zip

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How To Build A Google News Aggregator In Power BI Using Python

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While most of its users use Power BI to analyze their own data, the ‘Get Data from Website’ functionality makes it easy to analyze external data. In this video, Gaelim is going to show how you can build a Google News aggregator in Power BI using Python which visualizes news that might be relevant to your report.

***** Video Details *****
00:00 Introduction
00:19 End result
02:00 Data set
02:47 Installing Google News library
03:48 Using the News Crawler
06:34 Using Loops

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