Category: Power Query

Which Microsoft Fabric SQL Analytics Endpoint should you use?

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Both the Microsoft Fabric lakehouse and warehouse have a SQL Analytics Endpoint. But they have different limitations. Which one is the right one to use? Patrick breaks it down!

Better together: the lakehouse and warehouse
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/data-warehouse/get-started-lakehouse-sql-analytics-endpoint

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Dive into Power BI and Microsoft Fabric – IN PERSON – two events!

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We are presenting a full day introduction to Microsoft Fabric at two different events in September! This is also important for Power BI folks to understand what all is available to them. Join us to get up to speed quickly!

Data Saturday Dallas (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas:
Friday, September 6, 2024

Data Saturday Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-saturday-dallas-tickets-905734084027
Data Saturday Pre-Con Sign up:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harnessing-the-power-of-microsoft-fabric-tickets-931743197987

SQLKonferenz (Hanau, Germany):
Monday, September 30, 2024
https://sqlkonferenz.de/precon-workshops-2024/
https://sqlkonferenz.de/registration/

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REPLAY Let’s talk Microsoft Fabric – LIVE w/ Matthew Roche (July 27, 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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Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@SQLAllFather
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Happy little accidents with the Power BI Card Visual

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Ready to take the Power BI card visual to the next level? Adam tinkers to get it to look just right. It’s a lot of customization but the outcome is way better than the starting point.

Create a (new) card visualization in Power BI Desktop (preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/visuals/power-bi-visualization-new-card?tabs=On-the-ribbon

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Creative way to use Sempy to update a Power BI report definition

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Need to do a bulk change of something in your Power BI report? The new Power BI report format enables some slick automations. Patrick uses Sempy to get this done!

What is semantic link?
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/data-science/semantic-link-overview

Items – Get Item Definition
https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/fabric/core/items/get-item-definition?tabs=HTTP

Items – Update Item Definition
https://learn.microsoft.com/rest/api/fabric/core/items/update-item-definition?tabs=HTTP

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Mind-Blowing! Using Copilot Outside of Excel to Analyze Financial Statements! Episode 2652

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Using Copilot Outside of Excel to Analyze Financial Statements!

In today’s video, we dive into something that completely blew me away – analyzing financial statements using Microsoft Copilot but not in Excel! You won’t believe what Copilot can do with financial data when working outside of Excel, like in OneDrive or Word.

We’re taking three financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow) and letting Copilot generate summaries, calculate financial ratios, and even provide a financial outlook. It’s a game changer for anyone working with complex datasets!

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Excel Copilot With Excel With Python – First Look – Episode 2653

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Excel Copilot With Excel With Python
An exciting announcement from Satya Nadella this morning.

In today’s video, we’re diving into something groundbreaking! It’s September 16th, 2024, and right now, Satya Nadella is still talking at Microsoft’s big event, but the exciting news is already here—Copilot in Excel is now generally available, and even better, Copilot with Excel with Python for Advanced Analysis is in preview!

📊 What’s in this Episode? I’ve got 18,000 customer records categorized into four groups—Excel Books, Power BI, Power Query, and VBA—and I’m using Python’s K-means clustering to create six clusters, giving me a clearer picture Continue reading “Excel Copilot With Excel With Python – First Look – Episode 2653” →

Excel New Range Reference For Dynamic Sized Ranges – Episode 2651

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Excel New Range Reference For Dynamic Sized Ranges and TRIMRANGE function.

In today’s video, we’re diving into an exciting new feature in the Excel beta that’s bound to change the way we work with dynamic ranges. Microsoft has introduced a groundbreaking method for referencing ranges using a simple dot notation, or by leveraging the new TRIMRANGE function. Say goodbye to inefficient full-column references and hello to cleaner, more efficient formulas. Stick around as we explore how these new features can streamline your Excel workflows!

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Excel Extract Everything After First Digit – Episode 2650

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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: Extract Everything After First Digit

**How to Extract Everything in a Cell Starting from the First Digit in Excel!**

In today’s video, we tackle a great question from Alex: *How do we extract everything in a cell starting from the first digit?* Alex has a large dataset, and in one of the columns, he needs to separate “what has to be done” from the address where it needs to be done. The tricky part? There’s no consistent delimiter to separate these two pieces of information. Today, I’ll show you two different solutions to solve this problem—one Continue reading “Excel Extract Everything After First Digit – Episode 2650” →

Copilot Never Watch An Entire YouTube Video Again! Episode 2649

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With a subscription to Copilot 365 and the Edge browser, you will never have to watch an entire YouTube video again.

In this video, I’m showing you an incredible hack using Copilot in Microsoft Edge that will save you from having to watch entire YouTube videos again! Imagine being able to jump straight to the key moments of any video without sitting through the lengthy intros or outros. With Copilot, you can do exactly that—access the essential highlights from any video and skip all the fluff. Here, I’ll walk you through how to do it step-by-step with a practical example from Continue reading “Copilot Never Watch An Entire YouTube Video Again! Episode 2649” →

Expert Guide: GitHub Integration for Microsoft Fabric

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We talked about Git integration with Azure DevOps in the past, but now you can integrate GitHub with Microsoft Fabric! Once things are configured most things are the same because it’s just Git! Adam walks you through it!

Introduction to Git integration (preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/cicd/git-integration/intro-to-git-integration?tabs=github

Basic concepts in Git integration
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/cicd/git-integration/git-integration-process?tabs=GitHub%2Cazure-devops

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Unleashing Data for OneLake with Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric

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Learn how to replicate your database to Microsoft Fabric using Mirroring! Patrick walks you through how you can do this with Azure SQL Database and CosmosDB and join across the two.

What is Mirroring in Fabric?
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/database/mirrored-database/overview

Mirroring Azure SQL Database (Preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/database/mirrored-database/azure-sql-database

Mirroring Azure Cosmos DB (Preview)
https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/database/mirrored-database/azure-cosmos-db

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