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Semi geocoded data in Power BI Maps

16/02/2020
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

Recently encountered a dataset that only partially had latitude and longitude information and observed some strange behaviour that I was unaware before. So I decided I do a little exploration to find out how geocoding works in...

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How to increase the value of your data – Open data in the UK

07/11/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

When we talk about getting insights out of data to drive decisions we generally think about “our” data that we collect. A value of our data is defined by value our decisions generate using that data. What if you...

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Why understanding administration matters for customer experience

07/11/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
1 min read

I recently appear in Data Lounge talking about Power BI Administration. We went through with Alejandro on the most important setting from the tenant settings. There were some settings where we looked at the different layers...

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Quick Idea: Let the consumers change the report design

23/09/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
2 min read

In the September 2019 version of Power BI new dynamic conditional formatting options appeared. So I thought it’s time to talk about the possibilities that open up once all the different aspects of a visual can be...

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Explain the Change between any two month

03/09/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

I started collecting the different built-in analytics capabilities of Power BI. (You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here.) As I went through all the possibilities I found that I really miss the ability to define the 2 months I would...

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Built-in Analytics in Power BI – Part 2 – Analyze

29/08/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read

In this part of the series we will look into the different Analyze options of Power BI. Previous part of this series can be found here. Explain the Increase/Decrease This is the first type of the Analyze features. If...

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Undocumented Features: Analytics for measures not visible

21/08/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
2 min read

As I work with Power BI sometimes I encounter strange behaviours that I not heard before, and sometimes feel unintentional by the developers. I have to be honest I am not sure it is not documented, I just did not found it. The...

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Updated: Using the Visual Headers

09/08/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

I updated the post, because I left out some important aspects. Anyone who is a regular user of Power BI knows about the Visual Headers. It gives us a lot of really useful functionalities and sometime a bit of headache...

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Built-in Analytics in Power BI – Part 1: Visuals

07/08/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read
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In this blog series, I will cover all of Power BI’s built-in analytical capabilities. Basically, anything that doesn’t require you to know the DAX (Data Analysis Expressions) language. These can help you find...

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Getting Files (Folders) from SharePoint or OneDrive into Dataflows

06/08/2019
by Mihaly Kavasi
5 min read

With the introduction of Dataflows in Power BI, the platform’s capabilities have increased quite a bit. (Note: I’ll do a detailed overview of Dataflows in another post.) Dataflows became generally available not...

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