• Why You Should Never Assume Your DAX Code is Correct; Taking a Closer Look at Bi-Directional Filtering
    26th May 2021
    I recently listened to a thought-provoking blog from Alberto Ferrari ( https://ssbi-blog.de/podcast/experts-talk/chat-with-alberto-ferrari/ ). In it he says, “What scares me is the amount of people that are building reports that are wrong, that are...
  • Taking a look at the Power BI Building Blocks
    20th April 2021
    I’ve just posted a new video over on our YouTube Channel . In our Training we often get questions about the structure of Power BI, how do Dataflows...
  • Where do I make data transformations in Power BI ? Roche’s Maxim
    21st March 2021
    When we’re Training on Power BI a frequent question we get is “I need to make changes to my data for reporting, where is the best place to do that, in...
  • Power BI Composite models – what’s the big deal ?
    1st February 2021
    In December 2020, Microsoft launched a preview feature in Power BI they called “ DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Analysis Services “. Most of...
  • DAX “Filter Context” Explained
    11th January 2021
    Do your DAX measures return interesting values but not the numbers you want? If the answer is yes, and it happens to all of us, then the problem...
  • Power BI Licences, what is Premium Per User ?
    29th December 2020
    My blog post “ Power BI Free vs Pro and Premium “, detailing the differences between the Power BI licences is extremely popular. It seems many people...
  • Join our mailing list to get “The Concise Guide to DAX” pdf
    21st December 2020
    “ Why does the world need another DAX book ? ” was my first question to Alison when she told me she’d written guide to the DAX language in Power BI. “...