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Hidden features of Analyze in Excel – Part 3 – Focus

15/07/2022
by Mihaly Kavasi
3 min read

In the first two parts (part 1 and part 2) of the blog we explored the Show details functionality of a Pivot table in Excel. Now we look at another hidden feature that will help you limit distractions. Whenever you connect to...

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Hidden features of Analyze in Excel – Part 1 – Show me the details

07/07/2022
by Mihaly Kavasi
4 min read
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This blog series is about the hidden features in Analyze in Excel. There are lot of tiny details which can help the adoption of Power BI for Excel users. In this blog we are going to talk about Detail Rows Expressions.

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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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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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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 began working with Power BI, all the datasets I created were intended to support the reports I was building. However, as more of my colleagues started embracing Power BI, they also wanted to create their own reports...

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