Power BI NFL Football Stats Comparisons and Analysis Report is now available!
For the past few years I’ve combined my love of professional football and analytics by releasing a series of Power BI reports featuring player statistics. This year is no different. This year I’m ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 62 – Beyondsoft Calendar)
In this module you will learn how to use the Beyondsoft Calendar Custom Visual. The Beyondsoft Calendar displays a single metric across a month calendar. Module 62 – Beyondsoft Calendar ...
View ArticleDay of Data Science with SQL Server, Azure ML, Spark, Hadoop, and R
Hello Dear Reader! Next week in Jacksonville, Friday August 11th, I will be presenting a Day of Data Science: With SQL Server 2016/2017, Azure ML, Spark, Hadoop, & R . We will also be ...
View ArticlePower BI – Problem, Design, Solution (Text Search Slicer)
There is a video that walks you through the solution in depth, please find the video at the end of this post along with the completed solution. In this installment of the Problem, Design, Solution ...
View ArticlePower BI NFL Football Stats Comparisons and Analysis Report is now available!
For the past few years I’ve combined my love of professional football and analytics by releasing a series of Power BI reports featuring player statistics. This year is no different. This year ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 63 – Quadrant Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Quadrant Chart Custom Visual. The Quadrant Chart is used to show a distribution of data across separate quadrants. Module 63 – Quadrant Chart ...
View ArticleWhat-If Analysis in Power BI Desktop
One of the most talked about features previewed during the Microsoft Data Insights Summit in the previous June was the What-If Analysis capabilities. Today, this capability was finally released as ...
View ArticleBuilding Your Brand and Becoming a Thought Leader Session Materials
Thank you to everyone that attending my session today at SQL Saturday #649 in Jacksonville, Florida! It was a packed room with over 70 people attending my session and the audience was lively! We had ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 64 – Dot Plot MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Dot Plot Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Dot Plot is used to show distribution using dots among multiple categories or attributes. Module 64 – Dot ...
View ArticlePower BI FAQ Chat Bot 9000 lives!
So I’ve been working on a fun little project over the past couple weeks. A lot of my customers have questions related to Power BI and I spend a lot of my time answering those questions. So I said to ...
View ArticlePreparing for Microsoft Certification Exam 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing...
Late last month Microsoft released the certification exam for Power BI, 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI . The exam is currently in beta and will likely remain that ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 65 – Visio Visual)
In this module you will learn how to use the Visio Visual Custom Visual. The Visio Visual allows you to embed Visio diagrams stored in either OneDrive for Business or Sharepoint Online in your ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 66 – Calendar by Tallan)
In this module you will learn how to use the Calendar Custom Visual by Tallan. The Calendar Visual provides a calendar layout that filters and aggregates data across a range of dates. Module 66 ...
View ArticleSetting Up a Drillthrough Action in your Power BI Report
At some point this weekend, the Microsoft Power BI folks turned on the drillthrough feature in the Power BI service. This is the same drillthrough feature that demonstrated during day 1 of the ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 67 – Impact Bubble Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Impact Bubble Chart Custom Visual. The Impact Bubble Chart is an animated bubble chart that allows you to compare two entities against each other. ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 68 – Dynamic Tooltip MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Dynamic Tooltip Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Dynamic Tooltip allows you to add extra insight to your report or visuals with a popup that provides ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 69 – Heatmap)
In this module you will learn how to use the Heatmap Custom Visual. The Heatmap is useful for show data density on a map. It does this well because it aggregates data points and plots them to ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 70 – Custom Calendar By Akvelon)
In this module you will learn how to use the Custom Calendar by Akvelon. The Custom Calendar by Akvelon is a calendar that allows you to display multiple metrics on each individual day of a month ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 71 – Timeline Storyteller)
In this module you will learn how to use the Timeline Storyteller. The Timeline Storyteller is a great way to tell a story about your data. It gives you the ability to create multiple ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 72 – HTML Viewer)
In this module you will learn how to use the HTML Viewer. The HTML Viewer allows you to display the results of HTML code within your Power BI reports. Module 72 – HTML Viewer ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 73 – Heat Streams)
In this module you will learn how to use the Heat Streams Custom Visual. The Heat Streams visual allows you to visualize and compare a categorical value over time. Module 73 – Heat Streams ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 74 – Cylindrical Gauge MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Cylindrical Gauge Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Cylindrical Gauge can be helpful for visualizing a single metric on your report. Module 74 – ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 75 – Enlighten Stack Shuffle)
In this module you will learn how to use the Enlighten Stack Shuffle Custom Visual. The Enlighten Stack Shuffle is helpful when you want to display a Top N set of values. For example if you want ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 76 – Image Timeline)
In this module you will learn how to use the Image Timeline Custom Visual. The Image Timeline is a great way to display data in order across a timeline. If you have images of your data you can ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 77 – Card Browser)
In this module you will learn how to use the Card Browser Custom Visual. The Card Browser allows you to display document data in visually appealing way with images. Module 77 – Card Browser ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 78 – Data Image by CloudScope)
In this module you will learn how to use the Data Image Power BI Custom Visual by CloudScope. The Data Image visual helps in displaying images based on an image URL stored in your data. Module 78 ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 79 – Venn Diagram MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Venn Diagram Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Venn Diagram shows relationships between two or more categories with overlapping circles. Module 79 – ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 80 – TreeViz)
In this module you will learn how to use the TreeViz Custom Visual. The TreeViz is a breakdown tree that allows you to expand or collapse levels of hierarchical data. Module 80 – TreeViz ...
View ArticleMaking Sense of Data Migration Assistant Assessments with Power BI
The Data Migration Assistant is a great tool developed to assess your SQL Server environment for a migration to a modern SQL Server platform such as SQL Server 2017 or Azure SQL Database. If you’re ...
View ArticleCreating a Knowledge Base Chat Bot w/ Azure Bot Service
A while back you may have caught my blog post introducing the Power BI Chat Bot 9000 . Since posting that blog, I’ve received a lot of requests on the steps required to build the bot. The good new ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 81 – Social Network Graph)
In this module you will learn how to use the Social Network Graph Custom Visual. The Social Network Graph allows you to visualize relationships between people or items in your data. Module 81 – ...
View ArticlePower BI – Problem, Design, Solution (Folder Source Option for JSON files)
Hello Everyone! In this episode of the “Problem, Design, Solution” series we will be talking about the “Folder” option inside the sources display for Power BI Desktop. This is a fantastic feature ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 82 – Text Filter)
In this module you will learn how to use the Text Filter Custom Visual. This visual allows you to filter all the other visuals on your report by typing in a value into the Text Filter. Module 82 ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 83 – ChartAccent – LineChart)
In this module you will learn how to use the ChartAccent LineChart Custom Visual. This visual is a custom line chart that allows you to annotate individual data points, data series and ranges. ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 84 – ChartAccent – BarChart)
In this module you will learn how to use the ChartAccent BarChart Custom Visual. This visual is a custom bar chart that allows you to annotate individual data points, data series and ranges. ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 85 – Image Grid)
In this module you will learn how to use the Image Grid Custom Visual. This visual is a unique way to visualize multiple images at once that can be resorted by a measure value. Module 85 – Image ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 86 – Bubble Chart by Akvelon)
In this module you will learn how to use the Bubble Chart Custom Visual by Akvelon. The Bubble chart allows you to show the value of categories proportionally represented by the size of the bubble. ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 87 – Funnel with Source MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Funnel with Source Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Funnel with Source is great for displaying data as it flows through a process or set of steps. ...
View Article2017 Year in Review for SQLDusty.com
2017 was an awesome year for SQLDusty.com ! Thank you to all of the readers and visitors that stopped by to leave a comment or share a blog post on social media. I appreciate all of you! But I also ...
View ArticleConverting a Power BI Desktop File from Import to Live Query
A customer of mine is in the midst of a proof of concept using SQL Server and Power BI. During the POC, all the modeling was done in Power BI Desktop. Now that the POC is coming to the next phase, ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 88 – Pulse Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Pulse Chart Custom Visual. The Pulse Chart can easily display trends in your data and any events that could have causes those trends to occur. Module ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 89 – Filter by List)
In this module you will learn how to use the Filter by List Custom Visual. The Filter by List allows you to easily copy and paste in a list of values that you wish to filter by on your report. ...
View ArticleHow I Used Pragmatic Works Training to Pass the Power BI 70-778 Certification
Recently I took and passed the Microsoft certification exam 70-778 for Power BI called Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI . I’ve taken Microsoft certification exams in ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 90 – Brick Chart MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Brick Chart by MAQ Software. The Brick Chart provides a simple method for highlighting your best and worst performers in a 100 square colored chart. ...
View ArticleBlack Panther is Going to Change Superhero Movies
Hello Dear Reader! Sorry it has been so long, I've been blogging over on the MSDN site about technology. I'll have a Twitter Sentiment update for Black Panther later today with an update ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 91 – Smart Filter by OKViz)
In this module you will learn how to use the Smart Filter by OKViz. The Smart Filter works similar to a traditional slicer in Power BI but has a better user experience in many cases. Module 91 – ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 92 – KPI Ticker MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the KPI Indicator Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The KPI Ticker displays frequently changing metrics with a with a trend indicator. Module 92 – KPI Ticker ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 93 – Mapbox Visual)
In this module you will learn how to use the Mapbox Visual. The Mapbox Visual allows you to visualize geographical data while including multiple layers and custom overlays. Module 93 – Mapbox ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 94 – Count Down Timer)
In this module you will learn how to use the Count Down Timer. The Count Down Timer is a very simple visual that counts towards a specific date and time. Module 94 – Count Down Timer ...
View ArticlePower BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 95 – VitaraCharts–MicroChart)
In this module you will learn how to use the VitaraCharts – MicroChart. The VitaraCharts – MicroChart provides a intuitive way to look at multiple metrics in a compact grid layout. Module 95 – ...
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