DAX is DOPE

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great day today. Have you ever wanted to make a measure in Power BI but didn’t know where to start? Well look no further! Throughout today’s blog I am going to be going over some different DAX functions to show why this stuff is dope. Without further […]

Adding A Python Script Dataset to Power BI

Hello everyone, today I am going to show you how you can use Python to create a dataset to use in Power BI. This will be a simple walkthrough of all the steps you need to do so. There are some prerequisites though. Let’s go ahead and get right into it. The First Prerequisite: You […]

Importing Web Data into Power BI

Hello everyone, it has been a while since I have posted any blogs. I am going to hop back into it with a simple one where I will show how to do an ETL Process on Web Data using Power BI. Here is a link if you would like to follow along: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/watchlist?id=a1sj9c&tab=TopGainers. First up […]

Power BI’s Powerful Visualizations (Part Three)

Welcome to the final installment of our three-part blog series exploring Power BI’s Powerful Visualizations. In our previous two blog entries, we explored Bar and Column, Line and Area, Waterfall, Funnel, Scatter, Pie, Donut, Treemap, Maps, Gauge, Card, and KPI charts. In this blog post, I will provide an overview of the remaining three chart […]

Power BI’s Powerful Visualizations (Part Two)

Building upon the extensive selection of visualizations discussed in previous Power BI blog, we explored various powerful visualizations, including Bar and Column, Line and Area, Waterfall, Funnel, and Scatter plots in the first part. In this second installment of the blog series, I will present an overview of additional chart types, such as Pie, Donut, […]

How to Add Visualizations to Your Power BI Report

Hello, I hope everyone is having a great day today. In today’s blog I am going to explain what some of the different visualizations are and what they can do. Now I am aware that Power BI was recently updated, so your report page layout may look different than mine, but the visualizations are all […]

Power BI’s Powerful Visualizations (Part One)

Power BI has a large array of visualizations that can be used to help businesses find more effective ways of delivering the data they collect. From standard bar charts to AI powered visuals like decomposition trees, there is so much that Power BI can do. As we go through the visuals, there are 10 main […]

Cleaning Up the Data Model

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great day. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. To follow along with what I am doing in this blog, click here. In data management, analytics, and database design world data modeling is crucial. Data modeling plays a vital role in ensuring […]

How to Use the Power Query Editor

Hello again, for my second blog, I will proceed with the continuation of my initial blog titled “How to Import Excel Data into Power BI.” In this blog, I will delve into providing an explanation on how to use some of the different abilities that the Power Query Editor can do. There’s no time like […]

How to Import Excel Files into Power BI

Hello everyone, my name is Bailey McDonald, and this is going to be the start of my Power BI blogging series. For my first entry I’m going to start off pretty basic and I will lead us through how to import Excel data into Power BI. There are multiple ways that you could do this, so I am going to do an overview of each method for those who are just breaking into Power BI. For starters, we are going to use the route that Power BI makes most obvious from opening the desktop app.