Data modelling and DAX
Introduction I recently wrote an article showing how you can visualise a dataset refresh using Power BI. It was a pretty cool way to show some of the internal workings of what otherwise is a black box. The idea from my earlier article uses SSMS Profiler to run a trace against a database hosted in … Continue reading Visualise your Power BI refresh – in real-time
My last few articles have focused on using Visual Studio Code to build a series of scripts to help manage Analysis Services data models. As part of this work, I’ve found Visual Studio Code to be extremely helpful in other ways too, such as a very powerful text editor with many features you may find … Continue reading Use Visual Studio Code to Auto-format JSON
For this article, I want to share a way for you to create your own Power BI “Helper Tool” and register it as an external tool in Power BI. This article carries on from some of my recent articles on how you can use Visual Studio Code to help automate specific tasks by taking advantage … Continue reading Use Visual Studio Code to create Power BI External Tool
In this article, I’m going to show how you can use Visual Studio Code to run queries against a Power BI model. Usually, this is the kind of task you would use the excellent DAX Studio for, but sometimes you have a requirement that doesn’t quite fit DAX Studio. Using VSCode provides a quick and … Continue reading Using Visual Studio Code to query Power BI
