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Fabric content is all over the place by now. In Fabric, as a SaaS platform, most (if not all) services have interconnectivity. In a few clicks you connect your web-developed Power BI dataset to a lakehouse, or warehouse to fetch data from OneLake. But what about Power BI Desktop? You might have uploaded some files …
It has been quiet for a few weeks due to summer break. But now, it's time to ramp up again and continue posting about Fabric. This time, I'll start with a question that many Fabric (and Power BI) users ask themselves: "What does my tenant configuration look like?". Often, users find themselves eager to explore …
Continue reading Unveiling Tenant Configuration in Fabric: Empowering User Exploration
Frequently, I am approached by curious individuals who inquire about my job and how I contribute to the success of our customers, especially since I am not directly involved in building solutions for each and every one of them. These questions have made me realize that it might be interesting to share insights into my …
Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Fabric Administrator: Balancing Governance and Collaboration
Another blog post based on recent client experiences. Last week, I visited a client where we had extensive discussions on data model optimization. As you might know, data modeling in Power BI is one of my favorite topics, so I had an excellent day. It's also not the first time that I blog about anything …
Continue reading The Hidden Impact of Keys in Your Power BI Data Model
Working with many companies that implement Power BI, this is a question that comes along every single time; Should we enable workspace creation for all our users, or limit it to a specific security group? In this blog post, we'll explore the topic of workspace creation. Depending on who you talk to, you might get …
Continue reading Controlling Workspace Creation in Power BI: How to Strike the Right Balance?
Imagine, you have everything setup and well secured in your data lakehouse, or data warehouse if you will. Then a user starts consuming the data in Power BI and imports all data according to the security applied to that users' permissions. Once the data is imported, all data can easily be shared to others who …
Continue reading Simplifying Security Replication in Power BI: A Step-by-Step Guide
Most of us probably know, but every now and then, I still run into cases where hiding pages in a Power BI report is used for security purposes. Although hiding pages might seem like a security feature, it is not intended to be used as one since it can be easily bypassed. Users can find …
Continue reading The Truth About Hiding Pages in Power BI Reports: Why It’s Not a Security Feature
Let's imagine you're running a (fictive) company, and you're short on data & analytics experts. Therefore, you decide to in hire expertise, and they will help you build your Power BI reports. As an employee of this organization, you rather have them starting sooner than later. But... if you need to request accounts for them …
Continue reading Successfully collaborate with Externals in Power BI
Discussions with clients regarding the performance of their data models in Power BI have been a frequent occurrence for me recently. The issues often involve failed refreshes, queries that run slowly, or models that do not meet the clients' expectations. In most cases, I begin by asking a standard set of questions before diving into …
Continue reading From Frustration to Optimization: A Journey through Power BI Data Model Design
In case you're working in an international company, you might have to deal with multiple languages and cultures at the same time. As not in all countries and businesses, it is common that everyone speaks and communicates in English all day, it can be relevant to support other languages for your Power BI solution. But …
Continue reading How to make your Power BI solution support multiple languages
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