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How to find which visual generated the query in Log Analytics?

11/03/2024
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read

Model metadata in Power BI is getting more and more accessable and there are a fair amount of tool that we can use to work with it. Report metadata on the otherhand is not easy to work with. In my previous blog post, I showed...

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  • Governance is key

Log Analytics for Power BI: How to start and improve insights for better model performance

05/03/2024
by Mihaly Kavasi
6 min read

I had a task to help a managed services team in monitoring multiple production datasets and reports in Power BI. These resources, accessed by thousands of users, demanded optimal performance.  For this we had to streamline...

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Documenting Power BI – Data model V2 – Now with VertiPaq included

27/06/2022
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

It has been a while I published about Documenting a data model in Power BI. I thought I would update the solution with some added features to make the documentation more complete. Updated the meta data that can be extracted...

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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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Security Series – Part 1 – Export Data

24/02/2020
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read

Today I will talk about exporting data from the Power BI service. Long wanted to start a new blog series covering governance considerations. It is such a huge topic so I decided to focus on security first. This first post...

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