Fixing Lineage issue when JOIN-ing tables in DAX
DAX has 2 functions that allow you to JOIN tables and columns i.e. NATURALINNERJOIN & NATURALLEFTOUTERJOIN, although there is no...
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Antriksh Sharma
Oct 193 min read
Why DAX is returning 100%
In this blog let's take a look at why your DAX calculations are returning 100% instead of a fraction of the grand total. In DAX you can...
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Antriksh Sharma
May 168 min read
Understanding how Time Intelligence functions are evaluated in Row Context
I have been thinking about this for a while, a series of blogs where I try to explain how a particular piece of DAX code works. For this...
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Antriksh Sharma
Apr 302 min read
Change storage mode of a Table in Power BI
As the title says how do you really do it? Because you can go from DirectQuery <> Dual > Import but you can't go from Import to Dual or...
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Antriksh Sharma
Apr 134 min read
Using DETAILROWS with WINDOW functions in DAX
DAX doesn't have the concept of global variables so reusing a piece of code by referencing it somewhere else isn't possible, luckily the...
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Antriksh Sharma
Oct 28, 20233 min read
Move Power BI Datasets to different workspace with Python
As the title suggest let's see how to move (technically recreate) a PBI dataset in PBI service into a different workspace, the gist of...
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Antriksh Sharma
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Create Partitions in SSAS Tabular with Tabular Editor
In this blog let's see how to create Partitions in SSAS Tabular with the help of Tabular Editor, I am using TE3 as it works best when...
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Antriksh Sharma
Aug 10, 20232 min read
One problem with Power BI Project files and Git integration
UPDATE: saving metadata as TMDL format now allows easy merging. Power BI's June 2023 update introduced a feature that allows you to...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Installing TOM Library to connect Python to Power BI & SSAS
In this blog I want to show how you can load the Tabular DLL to connect Python with Power BI, SSAS, or PBI Service. I am going to refer...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Convert Hour Minute Seconds text to Minutes in Power Query
In this post let's take a look at how to convert a text string such as 2h15m8s to 135.13 minutes This is the table that we are working...
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Antriksh Sharma
May 16, 20233 min read
Export users in Power BI Workspaces with Python and REST API
In this blog let's take a look at how you can use Python to export users across all workspaces in Power BI Service into an Excel file....
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Antriksh Sharma
May 10, 20234 min read
Applying a Filter on Dimension vs Fact in DAX
While working with DAX, a common mistake that anyone makes (that I also made) is to think that applying a filter on a column of a...
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Antriksh Sharma
Apr 28, 20231 min read
ALL Functions vs Security in DAX
One thing that we are used to is ALL functions ignore filters and return either a unique value or complete table when used as a table...
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Antriksh Sharma
Apr 3, 20234 min read
Refresh Individual Power BI Tables or Partitions with PowerShell
Power BI Service allows you to refresh your model completely but sometimes that's not what you want specifically when you are making...
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Antriksh Sharma
Mar 11, 20232 min read
Add or Remove a User or Group from all Workspaces in Power BI Service
Here is PowerShell script that adds a particular user or a group to all the workspaces in a tenant. The Where-Object method filters the...
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Antriksh Sharma
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Export Measures from Power BI using C#
Here is a code that exports measures from Power BI Desktop, Power BI Service, or Analysis Services Tabular On Premise using C#. //...
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Antriksh Sharma
Feb 16, 20231 min read
445, 454, or 544 Week table in Power BI and Excel
I was looking for a good week based date table on Internet and found only 1-2 but I didn't find columns that I needed, so my search ended...
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Antriksh Sharma
Feb 5, 20233 min read
Extract model.bim file from Power BI & SSAS Tabular with Python
Model.bim is a JSON file which is the skeleton of your Power BI or SSAS Model, using this file you can create a database from scratch,...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jan 29, 20234 min read
Create SSAS Tabular and Power BI Dataset with Python from Model.bim
In this blog let's take a look at how you can use the Model.bim file extracted either from SSAS Tabular, Power BI Desktop or Power BI...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jan 21, 20232 min read
Publish Power BI reports using PowerShell Cmdlet
As the title suggest let's see how to publish multiple reports to Power BI Service with PowerShell. First order of buisness is to ensure...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jan 16, 20231 min read
Loop over YouTube playlists with Python and get video title, likes, views, and duration.
Here is a Python script that allows iterates over a YouTube playlists. The current limitation is that I have to prepare a dictionary with...
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Antriksh Sharma
Jan 8, 20233 min read
Generate custom Contoso Database for SQL Server by SQLBI - ELI5
I this blog I want to show how you can use the Contoso Generator from SQLBI - Contoso Data Generator There are quite a few options that...
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Antriksh Sharma
Oct 31, 20223 min read
How to make Power Query remember the data types of columns before expanding.
A common issue that I have faced consistenly is that when expanding columns that contains tables in Power Query the data types of the new...
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Antriksh Sharma
Oct 24, 20222 min read
Get all Reports from Power BI Service using Rest API and PowerShell
Someone asked on Power BI Service on how to get all reports across all Premium workspaces so I started reading documentation and found...
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