Power BI Pro Tip: show 0 instead of (Blank)
Default behavior of Power BI is to show (Blank) even when summing a numerical column that happens to be all empty. Want to show 0 instead? COALESCE helps.
Azure SQL firewall settings for Power BI refresh
I do not claim that what is included in this post is the perfect way of doing things. However, some things related to Azure SQL firewall settings for Power BI data refresh caught me by surprise recently…
Working with aggregations in Power BI Desktop
Aggregations bring me back to the good old SSAS days.You can imagine that I was curious but skeptical when I tried aggregations in Power BI Desktop.
Updated: Annual radio countdown Top 2000 in Power BI
A bit later this year, but even after my move to the US I decided to keep up the tradition of updating my Power BI analysis of the Top 2000 analysis for this year. Read all about…
Passing command line settings to SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages using dtexec on Linux
This is my first blog post since I moved to Redmond. A lot of time has passed, sorry for that! I kept busy filling out forms, forms and some more forms. After that came more forms. I…
Updated: Annual radio countdown Top 2000 in Power BI
This is starting to become a tradition, sort of. My Power BI analysis of the Top 2000 has been updated to include 2018’s edition! Read all about it in the original post from 2016. Full screen Enjoy…
Farewell Tour
DUTCH DATA DUDE FAREWELL TOUR A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Na bijna 10 jaar waag ik de grote stap. Ik verhuis naar Amerika en ga voor Microsoft in Seattle aan de slag. Daarmee komt er een einde…
Power BI Connector for CBS Open Data / Statline updated
I have updated the instructions and the code for the Custom Connector for CBS Open Data / Statline. Please see the original post: Power BI Connector for CBS Open Data / Statline
Ultimate Time Based Calculations Cheat Sheet for DAX / Power BI (including Week based calculations)
Power BI provides great time intelligence features to calculate Year-to-date (YTD), Month-to-date (MTD) and Quarter-to-date (QTD) totals. There is no such thing as Week-to-date (WTD) or Period-to-date (PTD) where period could be any arbitrary period definition (I…
Mapping Dutch geographical data using Power BI
I have written before on the subject of using Power BIs mapping capabilities (see the post on ArcGIS) and using the maps with Dutch geographical data (see using Dutch postal codes in Power Map). However, I have…
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