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Introducing PowerOps! (A NEW Productivity Tool for Power BI Developers)

Video by: Reid Havens

A True Game Changer! Introducing a New Tool (PowerOps), which brings a single platform to seamlessly analyze, Compare, Optimize, Version Control and Deploy the PowerBI Reports. Current Features:

• Analyze - Get the instant insights of Both Report and Model including Bookmarks, Filters, Dependencies(Lineage) and many more.

• Compare - Compare between different version of Report or Model and easily identify the Changes in both tabular and Visual formats.

• Best Practices - Effortlessly assess the Report and Model against best practices,, identifying the areas of concern. Additionally, you have the option to create or edit rules.

• Zero-touch - Version Control with Azure Devops/GITHUB, Workspace Sync Ready and More..

Speaker Bio 👤

Vijay Hemantha is the founder of Truviz Inc, Located in USA. With over two decades of hands-on experience in the data and analytics arena, he has navigated a multitude of technologies, platforms, and tools. He is passionate about Business intelligence and AI. He has helped many organizations transform their data into valuable insights and actionable outcomes. He is actively engaged with various industry leaders and BI experts to improve the productivity of MS Fabric professionals worldwide.

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PowerOps Website
Vijay’s LinkedIn

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Reporting, Admin & Management, External Tools, Governance, Tools & Software and tagged External Tools Administration Governance Lifecycle Management (ALM) GitHub DevOps CI/CD Version Control.

(Livestream Replay) VisOps with PBI Inspector - with Nat Van Gulck

DESCRIPTION 📄

Testing the visual layer of Power BI reports has usually been a manual task. Thanks to the new Power BI Project file format however there is an opportunity to automatically check for visuals' issues around accessibility, consistency and performance and thereby align with your organizations Power BI Center of Excellence guidelines. In this session we will see how PBI Inspector, an open-source community tool, supports this process.

GUEST BIO (Nat Van Gulck) 👤

I started my career over twenty years ago as a .NET Software Developer while also developing an interest for Data Visualization. This led me to work on Qlik and Tableau data projects. Then Power BI became so compelling that I had to join Microsoft. As a Cloud Solutions Architect I help customers be successful with Power BI; PBI Inspector is part of this endeavor. The adventure continues with Microsoft Fabric.

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PBI Inspector GitHub repository
Tutorial: PBI Inspector as part of an Azure DevOps Build Pipeline
LinkedIn

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Livestreams, External Tools, Visualizations, Reporting and tagged Reports Best Practices External Tools Tips & Tricks.

(Livestream Replay) New & Exciting Features for the Measure Killer - with Gregor Brunner

DESCRIPTION 📄

Upgrade your Power BI Desktop experience with Measure Killer, a streamlined external tool for better efficiency and clean organization. It expertly finds and deletes unnecessary columns and measures, reducing clutter.
Beyond the Desktop, Measure Killer works with Power BI Service, scanning linked reports to safely clean shared datasets without needing extra software downloads.
Additionally, we're gearing up to launch an insightful tenant analysis feature. It will give a clear picture of your tenant's use, showing reports with custom visuals, the count of report-level measures, and frequent DAX expressions, all aimed at boosting your Power BI's performance and management.

GUEST BIO (Gregor Brunner) 👤

Gregor Brunner has a background in Economics but moved into Business Intelligence in 2016. Originally from Austria, he moved to Switzerland in 2020 and started Brunner BI, a boutique IT company that specializes in Microsoft Power BI development and consulting. In 2022 his team started building Power BI external tool "Measure Killer".

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Measure Killer
LinkedIn

Posted on October 26, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Livestreams, External Tools, Data Modeling, DAX and tagged Measure Killer Data Modeling DAX Model Clean-Up Best Practices.

Exploring the NEW Semantic Model View + Native Calculation Groups!

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about the new semantic model view in Power BI Desktop. Plus, learn see how we can now add Calculation Groups natively in Power BI Desktop, without requiring External Tools. Tune in to learn more!

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Model Explorer
Calculation Groups
Calc Groups (with Kane Snyder)
TE3 Scripts & Calc Groups (with Bernat Agullo)
Tabular Editor

Posted on October 24, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Data Modeling, External Tools, DAX and tagged Calculation Groups Tabular Editor Perspectives Data Modeling Semantic Models.