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Separate Data Models And Reports • Power BI Concepts I Wish I Knew When I Started
Splitting Data Models and Reports into separate .pbix files should be standard for any Power BI implementation. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. Ok, fine. Details forthcoming. I’ll Have Two .pbix, Please The premise of this design is that each file is the owner of different components of the combined solution. It’s very common because many times a
Read more20 Best Worst Practices For F&O Developers
Best practices are aspirational goals for everyone to strive for. But that list is boring – what if you want to aspire for greatness in…a different way? Recently I started such a list and the F&O Twitter community turned it into gold. Worst Development Practices If you didn’t find your work on this list, the message for you from the
Read moreMake It Pretty • Power BI Concepts I Wish I Knew When I Started
Visual design – finally a topic we can all disagree about… Most Power BI users aren’t competing for likes on Dribbble when building out Power BI reports. They want a design that’s simple, maintainable, and useful to the report consumers. Below are a few tips on the basics. Visual Design Is The Last Step There are quite a few prerequisites
Read moreTable Relationships • Power BI Concepts I Wish I Knew When I Started
In preparation for my (hopeful) DynamicsCon nomination, I’m starting a blog series about concepts and tips I wish I’d understood better when I started working with Power BI – aptly titled “Power BI Concepts I Wish I Knew When I Started”. If you’d like to see this written content made available via a live presentation and YouTube, please vote for
Read moreDynamicsCon: Putting The “F-U-N” In “Dynamics User Group” If You Rearrange Some Letters And Add An F
I recently had to change the title of this site and remove the “Microsoft MVP” title; unfortunately I was not re-awarded this year. It felt like one of those detective movie “Turn in your gun and badge!” scenes – only in nerd speak “Turn in your stickers and NDA!” I’m not sure if I’ll ever get my stickers again, but
Read more5 Tips For Improving Your Work From Home Video Calls
I’ve seen a lot of posts recently about turning on your video for calls, especially at a time when human connection is so important. I agree! Below are five zero-expense tips for improving the call quality when you decide to switch on that video button, or the boss mandates it. Tip #1: Light Your Face Having sufficient, diffused light on
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As a kid I read books from a series called Choose Your Own Adventure. In the books, you’d come to a decision point, and the book would offer you some relevant choices: To fight the ninja, turn to page 48. To scream and run away, turn to page 92. With all the uncertainty, chaos, and change happening right now, I’ve
Read moreGrand Theft User Group
My colleague Josh Knox (https://iamjoshknox.com/) and I attended the D365UG Summit event this week. On Friday afternoon, we showed up for a session called “How to Make Training a Success in Your D365FO Implementation.” Unfortunately, there was a scheduling snafu and no presenter. We figured what the heck, let’s steal this thing and MC a discussion! Then a room full
Read moreWill Joel Be Lazy Today? A PowerApps AI Exploration
In February I got an Apple Watch to hold myself accountable for staying active. After AI Builder was announced at the Business Applications Summit, I decided to use the watch data to see what factors influenced my activity. Gathering Data There are a couple ways to get data out of the iPhone’s Health app. I found the appropriate table that tracks
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