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Slicers or Filters – Comprehensive Guide

25/10/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
8 min read

Slicer and filter were around in Power BI for a long time now, and plenty of blog posts were created comparing them to each other. Because these features constantly get updated and there are considerations outside of just a...

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Referential Integrity violations in a Data model, what are those?

08/07/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

What is referential integrity and why you need to make sure you have it. Learn how you can find and solve issues with it.

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Custom Actions from Best Practice Analyzer recommendations

01/07/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read

Turn Best Practice Analyzer recommendations into Custom Actions in Tabular Editor. Improve your data models with a few clicks.

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Power BI Rest APIs Documentation – Interactive Report

21/06/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
1 min read

When I am working with the Power BI REST APIs I am regular visitor of the API documentation. I always learn a lot about the data when I am building a Power BI report so I thought it would be a useful exercise to create a Power BI...

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How to tame Power BI – Get in control before it gets out of control

20/05/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
6 min read

Getting started with Power BI Administration This blog post is for those organizations and admins who are just starting their journey with Power BI. I try to give you some recommendation for temporary tenant setup until you...

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Documenting Power BI – Data Model

05/05/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

I wanted to find an easy-to-use documentation script for my data models. In Tabular Editor`s documentation there is a useful script for generating documentation. I thought I will use what Daniel Otykier created as a starting...

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Difference between creating a dataset for yourself or creating for others

29/04/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

When I started working with Power BI, all the datasets I created was meant to support the report I was building. As more of my colleagues started embracing Power BI, they wanted to create their own reports also. When I shared the...

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Honored to become a FastTrack Recognized Solution Architect

20/04/2021
by Mihaly Kavasi
1 min read

I have received a great honor to receive the FTRSA recognition from Microsoft. When I accidentally found PowerBI 6 years ago, I would have never thought I would be here today. Thanks everyone who helped me in...

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Ways to provide support for adoption?

03/08/2020
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

As I am doing project handovers and discussions with business users about their understanding what Power BI is capable of, I made some interesting observations. I think this will be helpful to you if you are struggling with...

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What are the options when a Power BI report is slow? – Power BI Performance Guide

16/03/2020
by Mihaly Kavasi
11 min read

This blog post want to help how to understand the reasons and give you a starting point for improvements in Power BI report performance. Won’t cover all the options in-depth instead will point you to a useful youtube video...

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