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Laz

@Data_Laz

Helping Organisations Transform Data into Insights by Overcoming Challenges with Proven Approaches in Reporting, Governance, Training, Storytelling #PowerBI

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Joined June 2016
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"Navigating Power BI & Fabric Licensing" by Lazaros Viastikopoulos, Get clarity on the maze of Microsoft licensing and make informed decisions for your data strategy. 🔗 sharepointeurope.com/navigat… #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DataStrategy #MSFabric #LicensingSimplified
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I've spent over a year working on making #PremiumPerUser available to all of you - so excited to see this announced! Driving a data culture in a world of remote everything powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/… via @MSPowerBI
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Our Senior Data Analytics Consultant Jason Bonello, will be delivering the session 'Stop waiting to explore your data: use Azure Data Explorer!' on Thursday 1st October at this years #SQLBits! Read more and register here - ow.ly/5lRu50Bkxb8 #AzureDataExplorer
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We're excited to announce that @marcorus will be the guest on next week's London Power BI User Group meetup talking about external tools for #PowerBI. Please register here: meetup.com/London-PUG/events… Sept 25th at 11am BST
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Roll Up. Roll Up. SQLBits 2020 is going virtual! Existing attendees - check your in-box. Everyone else - now's your chance to get the hottest tickets in town. Dates: 29th September - 3rd October 2020. Further information and to book your tickets: sqlbits.com
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Adding tooltips to column headers in the #PowerQuery Editor in #PowerBI and #Excel blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2020/07…
Adding Tooltips To Column Headers In The Power Query Editor In Power BI And Excel

Adding Tooltips To Column Headers In The Power Query Editor In Power BI And Excel

Here’s something that will excite all you M nerds out there! Did you know you can make tooltips appear when you hover over column headers in a table in the Power Query Editor in either Power …

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Announcing public preview of external tools in Power BI Desktop powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/… via @MSPowerBI
Announcing public preview of external tools in Power BI Desktop | Microsoft Fabric Community

Announcing public preview of external tools in Power BI Desktop | Microsoft Fabric Community

Organizations embracing a data culture create semantic models to serve as the single source of truth for the enterprise. With the sophisticated data modeling...

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My latest blog shows how you can quickly connect to #PowerBI models using Visual Studio Code in just a few simple steps. Including dynamically adding measures to the model on the fly like a pro! dax.tips/2020/07/09/using-vi…
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My latest blog shows a neat #DAX trick that can speed up some #PowerBI reports using Single-Column Fusion in measures. dax.tips/2020/06/12/dax-1-co…
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Optimising the performance of #PowerQuery merges in #PowerBI, part 1 blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2020/05…
Optimising The Performance Of Power Query Merges In Power BI, Part 1: Removing Columns

Optimising The Performance Of Power Query Merges In Power BI, Part 1: Removing Columns

Merging (or, in SQL terms, joining) tables in Power Query is a common cause of refresh performance problems. I’ve often wondered whether there’s anything you can do to optimise the perf…

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The next @pug_london meetup will feature @cwebb_bi and take place at 13:00BST on Thursday 28th May via MS Teams. Chris will be doing a deep dive on #PowerBI data privacy settings. Register here: meetup.com/London-PUG/events…
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This is a great one this month! powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/p… Page navigation improvements, change detection for auto page refresh, and DROP SHADOW!
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“Can I get five minutes for you to look at a DAX measure?”
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In his latest blog, PowerBI expert @Data_Laz explains the various Connectivty Types that exist in #PowerBI: Import, #DirectQuery, #LiveConnection & Mixed mode and the pros & cons of using them ow.ly/11XX50zpzDx #PowerBITips
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Power BI Premium support for the XMLA protocol is a big deal. So I blogged about how to move from Analysis Services to Power BI Premium: randombi.com/2020/04/27/migr…
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Join @Data_Laz at the next @PBIMCR meet up on 30/4 where he'll be presenting on how to successfully deploy & manage #PowerBI in an Enterprise scenario, & ensure a smooth transition into a the new world of self-service reporting. Sign up here: ow.ly/9xGB50zg5Y6
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Meet the latest #DAX function: COALESCE. Already available in #PowerBI service and on DAX Guide! dax.guide/coalesce
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Very excited, and very grateful…#PowerBI a leader again in new #GartnerMQ, thank you to our community, customers, and partners and the fantastic Power BI team @Microsoft bit.ly/38k8J8i
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2nd part: Get data from a FOLDER on OneDrive for Business using Power BI, and schedule it to refresh with No Gateway needed. radacad.com/power-bi-get-dat… #PowerBI #OneDriveforBusiness #SharePoint #PowerQuery #RADACAD #PowerBIfromRookieToRockStar
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"You no longer need to be shy about using Microsoft #PowerBI; it's a killer BI platform." Read the report from @Forrester: msft.it/6012TVdwE
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