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!

Animating Pop-up Word Bubbles with Unity

Brent Jones

Jul 16, 2020

Animating Pop-up Word Bubbles with Unity

I haven't seen many games that utilize those speech bubbles you see in comic strips. I thought I'd give a shot at implementing it in my game

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Exploring "Overtourism" with Power BI (Part 1)

Brent Jones

Jun 8, 2019

Exploring "Overtourism" with Power BI (Part 1)

The alien walks us through a comparison of increases in tourism per country per year. Also go over some Power Query and DAX tips including A

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Power BI: Ultimate Solution to Parameters and Changing Data Sources

Brent Jones

Oct 31, 2018

Power BI: Ultimate Solution to Parameters and Changing Data Sources

Changing a data source is done on the Power Query side of Power BI. This can be a bit of a hassle as you need to open up the Power Query edi

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Brent Jones

Sep 25, 2018

Best Book to Learn Data Visualization

In this blog, I'll attempt to use some of the major principles in Cole Knaflic's book "Storytelling With Data" to create i

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2 Easy Steps to Creating User Input Variables with Power BI

Brent Jones

Sep 14, 2018

2 Easy Steps to Creating User Input Variables with Power BI

Read about how to easily create user input variables for your dashboard users! Example with the classic train problem.

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How to Make a Cells Value a Power Query Parameter

Brent Jones

Aug 9, 2018

How to Make a Cells Value a Power Query Parameter

Create easily editable parameters in Excel for Power Query to help your users. Use a named range in Excel for the query source. You can then

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