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Power Query now connects to Analysis Services #ssas #mdx #dax
The last update of Power Query finally supports Analysis Services Multidimensional and Tabular. I waited this version for a very long time, but now it's finally here!Chris Webb already wrote an...
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DAX Studio 2.0 finally available! #dax #ssas #tabular #powerpivot
Darren Gosbell announced on his blog that DAX Studio 2.0 is available. This new release has a completely new user interface, a renewed architecture and also work as a standalone executable without...
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Rename table, columns, and measures in #ssas #tabular without breaking...
A feature that many people require in SSAS Tabular is the ability to refactor existing names, doing a correspondent rename in all existing objects in the model. I agree that this is an important...
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The Power BI dashboard in public preview - available also without Office...
Microsoft released a new version of Power BI in preview mode, including many new visualizations that are immediately available to all existing subscribers also in production, such as the long waited...
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DAX Patterns 2015 book available now #daxpatterns #dax
In 2014 we published several articles in the DAX Patterns web site. We’ll continue to publish new patterns in 2015 (the first one later this month!), but in the meantime we created a first printed...
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Power BI Customer Event on February 24-25, 2015 on Invite Only
Microsoft recently released a public preview of Power BI Dashboard. This new service is raising interest because of new visualizations and for the openness to developers, thanks to APIs that can be...
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Dynamic ABC Classification in DAX #powerpivot #dax #ssas #tabular
Less than one year ago I published a pattern about ABC Classification in DAX. Such a pattern was static, so an item (e.g. customer, product) is classified statically when you process a Power Pivot or...
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Customize period comparison in DAX #powerpivot #dax #powerbi
I have seen many different types of custom calendars implemented in Power Pivot, Tabular, and DAX. I also wrote several articles (week based calendars and time patterns). However, there is a scenario...
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New DAX Courses from SQLBI and conference updates #dax #powerpivot #tabular
In the last two years, I and Alberto Ferrari delivered many courses about Power Pivot, SSAS Tabular, and DAX. We had DAX content in many of the courses, and this created some overlapping and the lack...
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Use FIRSTNONBLANK and LASTNONBLANK instead of MIN and MAX #dax
You are probably used to think to FIRSTNONBLANK and LASTNONBLANK as DAX functions related to time-intelligence calculations (usually for semi-additive measures). However, these functions have a syntax...
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New article in the From SQL to DAX series: IN and EXISTS functions in #DAX
I published another article in the “From SQL to DAX” series I launched many months ago on www.sqlbi.com. This time, the goal is to analyze DAX alternatives for IN and EXISTS operators that you have in...
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The preview of Power BI is now available worldwide #powerbi
Today Microsoft announced the availability of Power BI preview also outside United States. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2015/03/16/power-bi-preview-now-available-worldwide.aspxOne important...
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DAX Studio 2.1 helps you optimizing #dax queries for #powerpivot #powerbi...
After the initial release of DAX Studio 2.0, in December 2014, I started working on a few features to analyze performance of DAX queries. Darren Gosbell implemented many other features, and Daniele...
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Create API for Power BI Designer #powerbi
In the last months, I’ve been trying to suggest a direction for Power BI, but I start to realize that in these days Microsoft is really prioritizing features based on customer feedback. This can make...
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New features in DAX Editor #dax #tabular #ssas
In the last few weeks I and Teo Lachev took the ownership of DAX Editor code. It is an add-in for Visual Studio that allows you to edit DAX measures in a text editor instead of using the Measure grid....
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DAX measures in Power BI Designer - and new DAX syntax finally here
The last update of Power BI Designer allows you to create measures (not calculated columns yet). Download the new version of Power BI Designer and you will see the New Measure button. The editor is...
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Optimize Heap Memory Settings for Analysis Services Tabular 2012/2014 #ssas...
In the last months I assisted many companies implementing solutions based on Analysis Services Tabular. There is not so much difference between the versions 2012 and 2014, because SQL Server 2014...
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SQL Saturday #454 and Expo 2015 - fill the survey and submit sessions!...
The 2015 is a special year for Italy, because the country hosts Expo 2015, which is the current Universal Exposition. For this reason, the Italian PASS chapter promotes a special edition of SQL...
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DAX Studio 2.2 released - tracing support for #powerpivot and much else! #dax
Thanks to Darren Gosbell we have DAX Studio 2.2. In this new release:Tracing (query plans and server timings) available for Power PivotBasic implementation of IntellisenseConnect to Multidimensional...
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Passing parameters to DAX measures
You cannot create functions in DAX, and this is a limitation to certain abstractions you might want to implement for complex models.I used a pattern that allows you to "pass an parameter" to a DAX...
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