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Hosted by Mike Carlo, and Tommy Puglia, the Explicit Measures Podcast is a Power BI focused show that is like being around a Power BI Pro’s Water Cooler. With so many available resources in the community that focuses on the “how” in Power BI (how to do Drill Through, how to use DAX, etc.,), the Explicit Measures Podcast is all around the WHY. Why use a particular feature, does it make sense for my users? Build the toolset, learn the how, and then come to the Podcast to the listen to the why ...
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426: Introducing Advanced Analytics to Organizations
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Mike & Tommy argue how to get organizations from bar charts to line charts to more "advanced analytics". Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tu…
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425: Are We Still Self Service Or Drifting Back to Corporate BI?
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Mike & Tommy dive into with all the tools and features in Microsoft Fabric, will Self Service still be a thing? Props to Marco Russo & Rui Romano for inspiration. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.ti…
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Mike & Tommy discuss their best use cases of TMDL, Semantic Models, and VS Code. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morni…
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Mike & Tommy dive through a great article by SQLBI and Kurt Buhler on all the tools you can use outside of just Power BI. https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/tools-in-power-bi/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit P…
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422: Max Performance in Power Query
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Mike & Tommy are joined by the one and only Alex Powers again as they dive into getting the most bang for your buck in Power Query / Dataflows. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi…
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421: Power Query with Mr. Powers - Skills to Know & Learn
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Mike & Tommy are joined by the guru of the data GUI, Alex Powers! This is a head first dive into what SHOULD you know in Power Query, how far do you go down the rabbit hole, and what is the future skilling that is needed? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag o…
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420: Microsoft Fabric Half-Baked Ideas
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Mike & Tommy run through what they consider current "Half-Baked" ideas in Microsoft Fabric & Power BI and what they would do to finish the job. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi…
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419: Do We Design Lakehouses Differently Now?
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Mike & Tommy consider if the advent of Semantic Modeling changes in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric should force us to change the way we design Lakehouses. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https:/…
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418: What Does Education Look Like for a Data Scientist in the Age of Fabric?
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Mike & Tommy are joined on an episode with Ginger Grant as we conclude our series on Fabric & Data Science - does AI, Fabric, and fast moving technology change what organizations need in a data scientist? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the P…
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417: Is Now The Time for Data Scientists to Switch to Fabric?
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant to dive into how do we get Data Scientists into the Fabric playground. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live ev…
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416: How Much should Data Scientists Care about Power BI?
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Mike & Tommy are joined again by Ginger Grant talking about the world of Data Science & Power BI, and can the worlds collide? First half is about LLMs and Agents and now... Vibe Fabric? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast…
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415: The Future of Data Science In Microsoft Fabric
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Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant on diving into how integrated Data Science with Fabric, and where the gaps still are. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the e…
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Mike & Tommy dive into a a great article by Marco Russo about what the future of DAX and Semantic Models after the FabCon announcements. https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2025/04/04/dax-and-semantic-models-announcements-at-the-fabric-conference-2025/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips wi…
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Mike & Tommy try to run through all of the major announcements at the Fabric Conference in Las Vegas and making sense of it all. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch th…
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412: Giving People Their Data - Subscriptions?
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Mike & Tommy run through the relevance of Email Subscriptions and if they are still a great resource for organizations. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episode…
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Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spot…
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410: Applying Agile Development in Power BI
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Mike & Tommy discuss successes and traps for applying development processes to Business Intelligence. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesd…
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409: Mailbag! Selling a Google Shop Company Power BI
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Mike & dive through a great question on how to sell a Google Data StuTommydio (& Others) on Power BI. how can we sell PBI to a google shop company? How easy can PBI fit in a new data platform in an org? If we use google, big query etc. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag…
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Mike & Tommy run through the Fabric Toolbox on GitHub. https://daxnoob.blog/2025/03/03/fabric-tools-dax-performance-testing/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the ep…
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407: Pie Charts Are Not The End Of The World
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Mike and Tommy dive through another stellar article by Kurt Buhler on the argument for and against pie charts. 1https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/using-pie-charts-is-not-the-end-of-the-world/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podc…
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406: If I was Arun Ulag; Spending $100 on Fabric
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405: Naming Conventions in Microsoft Fabric
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404: MAILBAG! Managing Multiple Datasets in Power BI
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Mike & Tommy go through a question from our mailbag on how to manage multiple datasets in Power BI. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday…
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403: Discussing Composite Models In Power BI (Again)
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Where do composite models fit in Power BI with the introduction of Fabric and the growth of Managed Self Service? Mike & Tommy dive in to the state of Composite Models. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit Powe…
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402: Mailbag! Poor Data Culture & Citizen Developer
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Mike & Tommy answer a great mailbag question on what it means to be a Citizen Developer in an organization with a low Data Culture. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch…
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401: SQL Databases in Fabric - What, When, How?
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Mike & Tommy dive into an amazing article by Data Mozart on SQL Databases: https://data-mozart.com/fabric-sql-database-what-why-and-how/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ …
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400: (400!) - Fabric Decision Guide - Choose a Data Store
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Mike & Tommy reflect on 400 episodes and 4 years of Power BI, and dive into the best path forward for where to store your data. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/fundamentals/decision-guide-data-store?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #em…
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399: Dataflows Gen 1 vs. Microsoft Fabric SQL
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With the onset of Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases, where do we put our Reference tables? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursda…
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398: When Are We Using Semantic Modeling in the Service?
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Mike & Tommy have a heated debate on when to choose modeling our Semantic Models in the Service over other methods. Edit data models in service https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/transform-model/service-edit-data-models?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621 Direct Lake in Power BI Desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/fundamentals/direct-lake-power-bi-des…
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Mike & Tommy run through major updates with semantic link labs and where to use it. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to@PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on thePowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips:https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morni…
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395: Microsoft Fabric January 2025 Draft
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396: Macros or TMDL? Power BI's new Code vs. C# Scripting
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Mike & Tommy consider the current state of automation and enterprise level tooling and if they can live together. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live…
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394: MAILBAG! Where Are All the Microsoft Job Listings?
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You guys have been on point with sending us mailbag topics / questions! Keep it up! Mike & Tommy unpack a great mailbag on the state of the industry looking for, requesting, and creating Microsoft Fabric Job Roles: "I’ve noticed that there are only a handful of job listings requiring Microsoft Fabric on platforms like LinkedIn and Indeed. Given tha…
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393: Unpacking the new Copilot Capacity in Microsoft Fabric
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Mike & Tommy run through the new release of Microsoft Fabric Copilot Capacity .... can you use it? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday …
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392: MAILBAG! Is Fabric Too Complex or Is it Too Simple?
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Mike & Tommy go over an awesome mailbag question... Is Microsoft Fabric too simple for Engineers but too complex for analysts? Moreover, should Power BI even be part of Fabric? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Vi…
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Mike & Tommy run through an awesome mailbag question focused on what if we only did bronze in Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live e…
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Mike & Tommy make a Draft for the major January 2025 Power BI Desktop updates. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-january-2025-feature-summary/#post-28821-_Toc919367718 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast P…
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With the ability to connect to Azure AI Foundry & Microsoft Fabric, the ability to connect your data has never been easier. What are the implications of this? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: …
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388: Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases... Now What?
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Mike & Tommy run through the decision guide and choices now that Fabric SQL Databases have entered the mainstream. https://learn.microsoft.com/fabric/database/sql/decision-guide https://www.sqlbi.com/blog/marco/2024/11/23/sql-database-in-fabric/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/get-started/decision-guide-data-store Get in touch: Send in you…
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Mike & Tommy hear back from the Core Visuals team on their previous conversation, and go over all the major changes and what to expect. -- We launched a vision board detailing our work. This board also highlights sections of the MSFT Learn site where we are documenting everything in unprecedented detail. This process took months of discussions with…
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Mike & Tommy review the new Metrics Sets & Hub and how it fits in Adoption. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-metrics-sets-are-widely-available-in-public-preview/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page…
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385: Excel Migrations to Power BI are the Worst, and Goodbyes to Seth
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It is a very sad day for us as Seth Bauer is bowing out of the talk game! We say our goodbyes and wish him luck, it has been amazing 4 years doing this with him twice a week! We still talk though! what makes Excel Migrations so difficult? It is not just the data, but expectations... Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to disc…
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy finally talk about Power BI Organizational Apps and the impact and comparison of normal Power BI Apps. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the epis…
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383: Our Microsoft Fabric Secret Santa
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy share in the holiday spirit with Fabric Gifts to each other.
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382: Microsoft Fabric OneLake Catalog & Governance
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk governance and the new OneLake catalog and what it means for Governance. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tue…
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381: The Rise of the Microsoft Fabric Notebook Engineer
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through a great article by Daneil Beech on the rise of the Notebook Engineer: https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-notebook-engineer Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Pag…
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380: MAILBAG! Enhancing Power BI Reports - Non-User Commmentary
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Mike, Seth, and Tommy dive through a great mailbag on getting feedback in a scalable way: I have built a monthly "snapshot" report that is delivered to more than a dozen different business units across my firm. These are the subject of one-on-one meetings between the leads of those units and their manager. However, each business unit also has a mar…
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379: MAILBAG! "Knowing Data" vs. Knowing The Data - Key Insights for a Career in Data
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through another mailbag question measuring domain knowledge vs technical knowledge. To what extent does 'knowing data' matter versus knowing THE data in an organization when building a career in data? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag…
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through the news from Microsoft Ignite and discuss a visual guide to DAX Filter Context: https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/filter-context-in-dax-explained-visually/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast…
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377: Power BI Core Visual Updates & The Future of Visuals
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Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the influx of new updates the PBI Core Visuals Team has been making and if we how inclined to move forward with the updated features. (Note: This was prerecorded before Microsoft Ignite and the release of the Core Visuals Board made available here). Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by…
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