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If you pronounce PBIX as "pee-bix", then you *must* pluralize it as PBIces "pee-bi-sees", similar to index. I don't make the rules, but that is just how it is.

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Fun fact, the #PowerBI preview feature is "Power BI Project (.pbip) save option", but this preview feature is also required to *open* a PBIP. Pedantic? Maybe, but we're dealing in software. Precision is required.

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How often do you buy a new book for a project? I think it's a good idea. Anyone wanna take a guess about one of my primary focuses this year?

How often do you buy a new book for a project? I think it's a good idea.

Anyone wanna take a guess about one of my primary focuses this year?
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Wanna use DAX Query view against a model in the Service without downloading the PBIX? Make a new thin PBIX live connected to the published model. Add a local table, making a composite model. Now you can query the hosted model from the local PBIX. Hat tip OklahomaPowerBI

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Premature optimization may be the root of all evil, but it is never too early to avoid #PowerBI's native N:N relationship type. cc Alex Barbeau and the numerous optimization projects we've had that come down to excising native N:Ns from models.

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It's always exciting to make your first contribution at a new organization. Just finished up my first PR for Tabular Editor. I remain very excited to advance the developer experience for Power BI and Tabular professionals.

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Things are always improved by the addition of a date dimension.* * This includes that most important model design KPI: # of Dimensions.

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Design guideline I've repeated much, lately: Pick the least powerful tool or feature that can do what you want Specifically, calc groups should not be your first thought for solving any problems, but they are a great tool to have if you've exhausted other options in #PowerBI

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A benefit of normalization (compared to a denormalized schema collapsing many relations into a flat dimension) I hadn't appreciated: it forces you to explicitly define cardinalities between same-table fields in the denormalized version This has helped in documentation reviews

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Regarding the size of the product and amount to learn in #PowerBI and Fabric: It's not so much Software-as-a-Service as it is Analytics-Stack-as-a-Service. No one is a deep expert on all layers of a stack. Don't feel bad if you don't know it all. No one does.

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Security vulnerability in #SSH #openssh on #linux Affected distros definitely include Fedora 41 and Rawhide and Debian testing and Debian sid. Report and distro info below. openwall.com/lists/oss-secu… redhat.com/en/blog/urgent… lists.debian.org/debian-securit… CVE: cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvenam…

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𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘃𝘀. 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗜 What is the right choice between Direct Lake and Import mode in Power BI? #powerbi #vertipaq #directlake #import sqlbi.com/blog/marco/202…

𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘃𝘀. 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗜

What is the right choice between Direct Lake and Import mode in Power BI?

#powerbi #vertipaq #directlake #import

sqlbi.com/blog/marco/202…
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Upgrading from #PowerBI Desktop March '24 to April '24 (and future releases?) and using PBIP format? Watch out for a file extension that changed from 'definition.pbidataset' to 'definition.pbism'. March and prior use the former, and April the latter. March can't open April PBIPs

Upgrading from #PowerBI Desktop March '24 to April '24 (and future releases?) and using PBIP format?

Watch out for a file extension that changed from 'definition.pbidataset' to 'definition.pbism'. March and prior use the former, and April the latter. March can't open April PBIPs