Welcome to our post all about how to know when you should make a new column OR a new measure using DAX in Power BI, because sometimes it can be confusing about what is better. The answer, like most things, is “it depends”. If you want to use the…
Today on How To Use Power BI we’re going to learn a really simple solution to a really common conundrum in the Power BI Table visual. If you spend any time on a Power BI forum / subreddit / whatever, you’ll eventually (or frequently) see someone asking the question…
We’re going to learn a formatting tip in this edition of How To Use Power BI and it’s specifically about an annoying formatting limitation that is turned on in Power BI by default. There *IS* a very good reason for this limitation, but it doesn’t need to be on…
This post is a Hot Tip post, helping you solve something in Power BI. Specifically, this post is about a user interface design flaw in the (relatively) new Card visual, and we run across it when we try to change the display units of a number in the visual. So,…
Did you ever have a large DAX calculation that had something (a column, another measure, etc) mentioned many times and when you had to change that item you had to select each one, one-at-a-time, and edit each one, one-at-a-time, and you thought “there’s gotta be a better way…?!” Good news!…
Welcome everyone! This post is about how to fix one of the annoying things in Power BI that makes you say “What The…?” (or worse language) when it happens. Sometimes, when you get Power BI to do a calculation (a sum, a count, a division… lots of things) and it…
Today we’re going to solve a very common problem that many bar charts have. It’s a problem I see all the time, and I bet you see it all the time too. It’s a problem that makes Bar Charts harder for your viewers to understand quickly. With Power BI, there’s…
It’s Hot Tip time here on How To Use Power BI, and for this tip, we’re going to learn about Display Folders, a little hidden feature in the Model View of Power BI Desktop. They are going to be your new best friend if you have to build reports with…
Hey everyone here’s a quick but awesome tip for you that will make your life (or your IT dept’s life easier) when it comes to keeping Power BI Desktop updated so you always have the latest version.Microsoft rolls out updates to Power BI Desktop almost every month, and most…