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Power BI Beginner to Pro Part 5: Publishing and Sharing

In the final segment of the Power BI workshop, experts Devin Knight and Allison Gonzalez walk through the essential steps of [...]

Allison Gonzalez

Allison Gonzalez August 30, 2024

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Power BI Beginner to Pro Part 1: Data Planning And Design

In a recent "Learn with the Nerds" session, Devin Knight and his team at Pragmatic Works guided participants through the [...]

Allison Gonzalez

Allison Gonzalez August 26, 2024

Power Query Editor, Power BI Tips, Data Analysis, Productivity Tips

Splitting Data into Multiple Rows in Power BI

In a recent video tutorial on the Pragmatic Works YouTube channel, viewers are introduced to advanced functionalities within [...]

Mitchell Pearson

Mitchell Pearson March 11, 2024

Power BI, Power BI Tips, Power Apps, Power BI Design

Universal Design in Power BI: KeyTips

Introduction Welcome to a new video series by Greg Trzeciak at Pragmatic Works, focusing on Universal Design in Power BI. [...]

Greg Trzeciak

Greg Trzeciak December 5, 2023

Power BI, Power BI Custom Visuals, DAX, Power BI Training, Power BI Report Services, Power BI Functions, Power BI Quick Tips, Power BI Tips, dax functions, time series, dax formulas

Power BI: Time Intelligence Rolling Measures

One of the most powerful features of Power BI when it comes to DAX is a time series analysis. Using pre-defined DAX [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson June 23, 2021

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Power BI: Drill Through and Drill Down Must Know GAME CHANGER

If you have not taken advantage of the new modern visual tooltip preview feature in your Power BI reports yet you want to [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson June 14, 2021

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Power BI: Understand Filter Context and CALCULATE

Whether you are new to Power BI or have been using it for a while, filter context for visualizations and measures are so [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson June 1, 2021

Power BI, Power BI Custom Visuals, Power BI Training, Power BI Functions, Power BI Quick Tips, Power BI Tips

Power BI: Personalize Visuals Feature

Have you used the personalize visuals feature yet in Power BI? If not, then you could be missing out. The Personalize [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson May 21, 2021

Power BI, Power BI Custom Visuals, Power BI Training, Power BI Functions, Power BI Quick Tips, Power BI Tips

Power BI: Small Multiples Visual Preview

Power BI came out with a new preview feature in the February 2021 version of the Power BI Desktop known as small multiples. [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson May 18, 2021

Power BI, Free Training, DAX, Microsoft Power Platform, On-Demand Learning, Power BI Functions, Calculated Measures, Power BI Tips, dax functions, if function, switch function

Let's Get Organized With Power BI

Organization for me is always a priority. When things are not in the right place and I can’t find something quickly I get [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson April 19, 2021

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Power BI: Use DAX Switch Function to Make IF Functions Easier

The IF function in DAX is a very popular logical function. It will perform a logical check on a value expression and produce [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson April 13, 2021

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Power BI DAX: Running Totals Using Variables, CALCULATE, and FILTER

Recently after a private training, I had a follow-up email from one of the participants. He asked if there was a way to [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson April 5, 2021

Power BI, Free Training, Microsoft, Power BI Tips

Remove Duplicates And Keep Most Recent Records in Power BI

A week ago in my last training, I was demonstrating how to get rid of duplicate records when making a dimension table. One [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson February 1, 2021

Power BI, Free Training, Microsoft, Power BI Mapping, Power BI Quick Tips, Power BI Tips

Power BI Maps Tips and Tricks

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson January 11, 2021

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Using Bookmarks in Power BI to Give Users a Web-like Feel

To slice or to bookmark? Oh, the quandaries of data analysis.

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson July 6, 2020

Power BI, On-Demand Learning, Power BI Tips

Rocking Chairs, Dolly Parton and Power BI

You're probably wondering about that title, huh? Just stay with me.

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson June 23, 2020

Power BI, DAX, Power BI Tips

The Power of CALCULATE in Power BI

Last week in my blog and video I discussed how Power BI could have made my life as a teacher much easier. It is not that [...]

Matt Peterson

Matt Peterson June 9, 2020

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