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The Antares Alien
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The Antares Alien
Power BI | DAX
Blarg! Here, I write about Power BI stuff in a fun and unique way. I also occasionally write about video game development. Thanks for checking out my blog!
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Brent Jones
Feb 6
How to Copy and Paste a Table in Power BI?
Use the TMDL view to easily copy and paste Power BI tables along with all of their properties!
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Brent Jones
Dec 21, 2024
How to use ADDCOLUMNS and SUMX in a Measure
The performance gained essentially doubles the speed of the "normal" version of the code!
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Brent Jones
Sep 18, 2024
How To Make a Mekko Chart in Power BI
This is how you can create a mekko chart in Power BI, without using third party visuals from the appsource.
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Brent Jones
Sep 3, 2024
Optimized Calculation for the Minimum Distance Between Two GPS Coordinates using DAX
How to optimize minimum distance calculation between two sets of GPS coordinates?
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Brent Jones
Aug 1, 2024
The Definitive Guide to DAX - Book Review
The Definitive Guide to DAX is truly a definitive guide to DAX - a title well named.
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Brent Jones
Jul 15, 2024
How to Optimize DAX in Power BI
Optimizing your DAX code can be a challenging (even monumental) task. In this page, I've laid out five unique ways you can optimize your DAX
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Brent Jones
Apr 28, 2024
Performance Comparison of Power BI Visual Calculations
Visual Calculations propose an enticing performance benefit; one that can potentially improve loading speeds drastically.
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Brent Jones
Feb 10, 2024
Measure, Dimension and Switch Parameters in Power BI. What's the Difference?
In Power BI, you can create three different types of parameters of what I call; Measure, Dimension and Switch parameters.
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Brent Jones
Dec 21, 2023
Power BI: Optimizing Multiple Parameters for a DAX Measure
See how to write a DAX measure using multiple parameters in Power BI
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Brent Jones
Dec 17, 2023
How to add a specific value to ALLSELECTED with DAX?
This code is useful in scenarios where you want to include specific values in your calculations, irrespective of the user's selections, whil
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Brent Jones
Nov 19, 2023
SQLBI Mastering DAX Workshop Review
I recently had the pleasure of attending SQLBI's 3 day Mastering DAX Workshop. Read on below for my thoughts!
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Brent Jones
Oct 30, 2023
Calculation Groups in Power BI Desktop
Calculation groups can now be authored directly in Power BI desktop!
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Brent Jones
Aug 20, 2023
Do You Need Relationships For Power BI? A Look Into The Disconnected Model Paradigm.
This may be blasphemous to even ask, but... do you really need to join your tables in the first place?
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Brent Jones
Jul 13, 2023
PBIP Files - A More Developer Oriented Approach for Working With Power BI Projects
We now have access to PBIP files. These are "Power BI Project" files that you can create via Save As -> PBIP
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Brent Jones
Jun 6, 2023
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 3)
In this article, we will discuss how to change the measure of a Power BI visual programmatically with Python.
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Brent Jones
May 27, 2023
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 2)
In this article, we will go over how to automate the visual position of a Power BI visual using the Layout file with Python.
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Brent Jones
May 25, 2023
A Beginner's Guide to Automating Power BI with the Layout File (Part 1)
Want to automate Power BI visual elements with Python? This guide is for you.
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Brent Jones
Apr 8, 2023
An Alternative to Calculation Groups in Power BI
How to create calculation groups in Power BI without Tabular Editor?
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Brent Jones
Mar 18, 2023
What is the Difference Between FILTER and CALCULATETABLE?
What is the Difference Between FILTER() and CALCULATETABLE()?
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Brent Jones
Jan 25, 2023
Performance of Dynamic M Query Parameters
Initially I thought this could improve the report latency/speed for reports using direct query mode. After all, Microsoft themselves say...
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