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Power BI DA-100 Exam Tips
Manage datasets
Promote or certify a dataset

In this series of blog posts, we will be examining some of the key features of Power BI Desktop, Power Query and the Power BI Service needed to pass exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI. In

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Power BI DA-100 Exam Tips
Create reports
Design and configure for accessibility

In this series of blog posts, we will be examining some of the key features of Power BI Desktop, Power Query and the Power BI Service needed to pass exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI. In

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Power BI DA-100 Exam Tips
Design a data model
Flatten out a parent-child hierarchy

In this series of blog posts, we will be examining some of the key features of Power BI Desktop, Power Query and the Power BI Service needed to pass exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI. In

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Power BI DA-100 Exam Tips
Get Data from Different Data Sources
Use Parameters

In this series of blog posts, we will be examining some of the key features of Power BI Desktop, Power Query and the Power BI Service needed to pass exam DA-100: Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI. In

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Easily Change All Data Sources from Excel to SQL Server

This blog post will show you how to Easily Change All Data Sources from Excel to SQL Server in a given solution. The idea of using power query parameters to rapidly change which data sources your tables

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Connecting to Web Data (Get Data – Web)

Connecting to Web Data (Get Data – Web) When connecting to web data (Get Data – Web), connecting to a web URL does not imply any specific format. The file being accessed via the web may be

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Replicating Qlik Sense Keep Operations in Power Query

Replicating Qlik Sense Keep Operations in Power Query turns out to be fairly straightforward. I was recently asked by a client whether the Keep operations present in Qlik Sense could be replicated in Power

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Connecting to SharePoint Folders

Connecting to SharePoint Folders is similar to connecting to folders on your file system. The Get Data > Folder connector allows you to connect to a folder containing files of the same type and combine

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Nesting SELECTEDVALUE in Power BI Dynamic Titles

In Power BI, you can create dynamic titles for any visuals, by creating DAX measures which track the current state of the fields displayed within the visual itself or other related slicers and visuals.

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Working in DirectQuery Mode

In this post, we will contrast the importing of SQL Server data with working in DirectQuery Mode. When you use the DirectQuery option, data is not imported from SQL Server into the data model of your SQL

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