Microsoft Fabric
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Do you want to share Power BI Reports with End Users through an app, but hide the Page Navigation of the report? This is especially useful if you have built-in navigation using Buttons, Sidebars or other menus in your report. Luckily, there is a quick solution. Well, two solutions actually, depending on whether you are…
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Introduction The new SQL Database item in Microsoft Fabric, just announced at Ignite last week, puts a new spin on my long journey of enabling write-back for Power BI reports powered by a Microsoft Fabric backend. Until the ‘Translytical Apps’ which were also teased at Ignite becomes a public thing (Video of sneak peek), using…
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Default Data Destinations for Dataflows Ever had a Dataflow Gen2 in which you needed to map the output of several queries to the same Warehouse or Lakehouse? Takes a while to setup, right? If you wish to add a Default Destination to your Dataflow, all you need to do is to create the Dataflow from…
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Introduction If you are looking for an easy to set up solution to monitor events in one or more Fabric Workspaces that you are responsible for, you can look into using Data Activator / Reflexes with the built-in Workspace Item Events data stream. In this blog we will explore how to connect and use this…
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The simplest Version Control setup possible for Power BI: Sharepoint/OneDrive + automatic publishing
Introduction This blog has previously covered the great GIT Integration that has been made available for Fabric Workspaces, and its power in combination with Deployment Pipelines for proper Content Lifecycle Management: Simple Version Control in Fabric / Power BI with GIT Integration – a beginner’s guide – Downhill Data (downhill-data.com) Suggested architecture for collaborative Power…
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Fabric Capacity Consumption: Can you run Eventstreams and Data Activator on small Fabric Capacities?
Introduction Often I hear that people are worried about the costs associated with Real Time Intelligence in Fabric. For Eventstreams, I was able to find decent documentation stating the Capacity Unit consumption. However, I personally thought it would be nice with a bit more of a practical example. Hence, I decided to do a small…
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Introduction Recently I posted my guide on Data Write-Back to Fabric Data Warehouse with Power BI and Power Apps: Live Data Write-Back to Fabric Data Warehouse from Power BI w. Power Apps and Power Automate – Downhill Data (downhill-data.com) That solution uses Power Automate to circumvent the traditional Power Apps x Fabric problem, of Fabric…
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Introduction Half a year ago, I wrote a blog post on creating Measure Tables in Fabric Data Lakehouses directly in the browser: How to create Measure Tables in Microsoft Fabric – Downhill Data (downhill-data.com). Back then, Data Warehouses were less relevant for the story, as they could not be used for Direct Lake models, and…
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Introduction Last week I blogged about sharing Semantic Models in Fabric / Power BI with external users, and also teased that semantic models are not the only type of object that we can share with externals. This week, we look at how you may invite guest users directly into your Lakehouses (and also KQL databases,…
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Introduction Yesterday, I participated in the Swedish Power BI User Group to discuss a topic that has been heavily on my mind since the introduction of Microsoft Fabric. As a Power BI user and Data Analyst, how will I fare on a Platform with so many possibilities, and yet so many requirements? What will my…
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