Category: Power Query

REPLAY Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Q&A – LIVE (May 18, 2024)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Microsoft Fabric (including Power BI)! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

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

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👉 Put a “Q:” in front of your comment to help us identify questions!
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👉 Do NOT re-post your questions! We’ll get to as many questions as we can.
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REPLAY Let’s talk Microsoft Fabric – LIVE w/ Josh Caplan (May 11, 2024)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Microsoft Fabric (including Power BI)! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

💥 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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REPLAY Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Q&A w/ Kasper de Jonge (April 27, 2024)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Microsoft Fabric & Power BI! With special guest, Kasper de Jonge!

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👉 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

Connect with Kasper:
Website: https://www.kasperonbi.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KasperOnBI
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kjonge

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Excel Easy Fake Data From Python In Excel – Episode 2660

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Excel Fake Data From Python In Excel

Creating fake data with Python in Excel has never been easier! In this video, I walk you through generating random data directly in Excel using Python’s powerful capabilities. We start from a completely blank workbook, search for Python, and dive into some exciting new options like the QR code generator and random data generator. This process is amazing for anyone who needs quick, randomized data sets without leaving Excel. Just a few clicks, and you can have it all right at your fingertips!

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Excel Draw Perfect Shapes With Draw And Hold Gesture – Episode 2659

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Draw Perfect Shapes With Draw And Hold Gesture
In this video, I’m diving into a new feature in Microsoft Excel: the Draw and Hold Gesture!
If you’ve ever wanted to create shapes in Excel without struggling with awkward mouse drawing, this update is for you. While the feature has been available in OneNote for a while, it’s finally made its way to Excel and PowerPoint—at least for those on the Insider’s channel. I’ll walk you through how to activate this new tool and show you what it can do!

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Power BI Desktop Gets a DARK MODE Makeover!

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We’ve been waiting a long time to get DARK MODE in Power BI Desktop! It’s finally here. Harleen Kaur joins us to show everything you need to know to start using it.

By Popular Demand: Dark mode is now available in Power BI Desktop!
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/by-popular-demand-dark-mode-is-now-available-in-power-bi-desktop/

Create Power BI reports in dark mode
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/create-reports/power-bi-dark-mode

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Why not a date and time table in Power BI instead?

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We had a video talking about creating a Date and Time table in your Microsoft Fabric Warehouse. There were some comments centered around “why”??? Why not do that in Power BI? Patrick shows you!

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A Few Ways GENERATE_SERIES Will Revolutionize Your Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Experience

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Want to create a series of data within a Microsoft Fabric Warehouse? Patrick looks at how GENERATE_SERIES can help you instead of doing INSERT after INSERT which doesn’t perform well.

Scripts: https://github.com/guyinacube/demo-files/blob/master/video%20demos/Fabric/20241017%20-%20Generate%20Series.zip

GENERATE_SERIES (Transact-SQL)
https://learn.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/functions/generate-series-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver16

GENERATESERIES – DAX Function
https://dax.guide/generateseries/

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How to create a slick way to adjust your Power BI visual

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Create a slick way to adjust your visual by way of bookmarks leveraging the Navigation button. Adam shows you how to set this approach up to get a nice look and feel.

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Leverage Power Query Parameters with Power BI Paginated reports

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You’ve seen how you can use Power Query within Power BI Paginated reports. Now Patrick shows you how you can leverage parameters to drive interactivity!

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Unlock Data Factory Power with Existing Connections

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Minimize the clicks you take when setting up connections within Data Factory pipelines to get data QUICKLY! Patrick shows you different ways you can leverage existing connections that you’ve already set up within Pipelines in Microsoft Fabric.

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REPLAY Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Q&A – LIVE (June 29, 2024)

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Join us live as we answer your questions about Microsoft Fabric (including Power BI)! Get your questions in the chat early as we don’t get to all of them.

💥 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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