A Power Query tip for you

You probably know that you can concatenate strings in Power Query. Not big news there. But do you know how to change the order of how things are concatenated? Patrick shows you how!

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Can you make a two-line dynamic title in Power BI?

Dynamic titles in Power BI can be really useful. What about a multi-line title? Patrick is answering a commenter’s question on how to create a two-line dynamic title!

Dynamic Titles in Power BI Desktop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYLKDPcvgK8

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Lonely Book Signings And Faster Way To Generate 729 Combinations – 2352

You’ve probably seen the story of Chelsea Banning in the news lately. 37 people RSVP’d to her book signing and only two showed up. That is DOUBLE the turnout for my Manhattan book signing in 2003. Also in the episode: two faster ways to generate all 729 combinations of the outcome of World Cup Group Match Play.

Thanks to Exceλambda and Kyle F. for faster ways to generate all combinations of 0, 1, and 2 for 6 World Cup Group Stage Matches.

Can you use SQL Auth with Azure Synapse Serverless?

When using Azure Synapse Analytics Serverless Pools, using Azure AD auth is pretty simple. But, what about SQL Auth? How do you get hat working? Patrick shows you how!

Control storage account access for serverless SQL pool in Azure Synapse Analytics
https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/develop-storage-files-storage-access-control?tabs=managed-identity

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🔴 Power BI tips from the Pros – LIVE (Dec 3, 2022) (Member Chat 2nd Half)

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

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Manage Custom Visual purchases for Power BI

It used to be a bit of a struggle to purchase a custom visual for more than yourself. Adam looks at some of the changes for Power BI Custom Visuals in AppSource to help you purchase and manage licenses for your organization.

Introducing a new way to purchase licensed Power BI visuals and manage licenses through Microsoft platforms
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/introducing-a-new-way-to-purchase-licensed-power-bi-visuals-and-manage-licenses-through-microsoft-platforms/

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Can you do Page-Level Security in Power BI?

What’s up with page-level security in Power BI? We keep getting questions from people about how to do this. I’ve got bad news and I’ve got… well, just watch the video!

Row-Level Security and Object-Level Security together in Power BI??? Yup!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYO7wGKVM0Y

Did you know you can now selectively show report pages for specific users in Power BI?
https://www.fourmoo.com/2020/05/26/did-you-know-you-can-now-selectively-show-report-pages-for-specific-users-in-power-bi/

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Azure Synapse Serverless vs Dedicated SQL Pool

Not sure on whether to choose Serverless versus SQL Dedicated Pools with Azure Synapse Analytics? Brad Schacht joins Patrick to talk about how to make the choice and get going with your data!

Serverless SQL Pool
https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/synapse-analytics/sql/on-demand-workspace-overview

Dedicated SQL Pool
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/synapse-analytics/sql-data-warehouse/sql-data-warehouse-overview-what-is

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World Cup Group Stage Tiebreaker Odds – 2531

The World Cup is now in group stage. Each group has four teams. The top two teams advance to the knockout stage. This video explains the 7 tiebreaker steps, and uses Microsoft Excel to analyze the 729 permutations that can happen in any one group. How likely is it that the tiebreaker will need to be used?

Table of Contents

(0:00) World Cup Group Stage Scoring
(1:00) Tiebreaker rules
(1:50) Odds of a tiebreaker
(2:20) Excel Model for one group
(2:50) TEXTSPLIT function
(3:22) Excel Trace Dependents
(3:45) Scoring & Sorting
(4:10) Detecting a Tie
(4:41) Why 729 permutations
(4:53) 28% tiebreaker chance
(5:46) Six draws leads to 12 points
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Exploring Microsoft Purview for data governance

You’ve probably heard of Microsoft Purview somewhere. Buck Woody joins Patrick to highlight how Microsoft Purview can help you with data governance. From cataloging to lineage, Purview is a key component for your data strategy!

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Group Dates In Pivot Table When Blanks – 2530

Lasma wants her pivot table to group daily dates up to months and years. But she has some empty rows and the Group Field is greyed out.

In this video:
Surprise! Microsoft 365 now allows blanks in the date field and you can still group.
Solution 1: Fill blank date fields with 2199 December 31
Solution 2: Add your own Year and Month fields to the data set
And, a warning from Debra Dalgleish at Contextures: if you mix dates and text, the Group Field will still be greyed out.

Table of Contents
(0:00) Pivot Group Dates with Blanks
(0:15) Fix from Excel Team
(1:10) Select empty date cells
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