Application Insights (AI) and Log Analytics (LA) from Microsoft Azure provide easy and inexpensive ways to instrument applications. Using just an instrumentation key, any application can send operational data to… Continue reading Connect to Application Insights and Log Analytics with Direct Query in Power BI
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Formatting the X Axis in Power BI Charts for Date and Time
Dates and times are probably the most commonly used dimensions in Power BI charts, or any charts for that matter. Power BI contains a number of features that help to display data with respect to time. Features like the automated date hierarchy reduce the need for users to construct or connect to a date dimension table (even though they likely should), which helps casual users get to solution more quickly. This is particularly true of using date/time on the axis of a chart. There are a lot of options for displaying this data, and they may not all be that well understood. This article will attempt to explain a number of them.
Fixing Power BI Report Builder Connection Errors
Power BI Report Builder is Microsoft’s design tool for building Paginated reports in Power BI. It is based on Microsoft Report Builder (formerly SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder), but… Continue reading Fixing Power BI Report Builder Connection Errors
Connecting Power BI workspaces and SharePoint sites
Power BI V2 workspaces recently (May 2019) entered into general availability. The biggest difference between a V1 and V2 Power BI workspace is the fact that a V2 workspace is… Continue reading Connecting Power BI workspaces and SharePoint sites
Connect to Power BI dataflows and datasets using Power BI Desktop with multiple accounts
Power BI datasets and dataflows are the two native data sources for Power BI reports. Connecting to a datasets allows a report to be built against an existing Power BI… Continue reading Connect to Power BI dataflows and datasets using Power BI Desktop with multiple accounts
