Power BI Semantic Model Memory Errors, Part 2: Max Offline Semantic Model Size
This blog post addresses a common error encountered by users of Power BI, namely "Database 'xyz' exceeds the maximum size limit on disk". In t...
1 day ago
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Understand Power BI Semantic Model Size | Memory Error Fixes (Part 1)
If you've ever encountered the "We cannot complete the requested operation because there isn't enough memory" error in Power BI, then this art...
8 days ago
Power BI/Data Books Roundup
It’s time for another short post on the free books that various authors have been kind enough to send me over the last few months. Full ...
15 days ago
New Semi Join, Anti Join And Query Folding Functionality In Power Query
There are a couple of nice new features to do with table joins (or merges as they are known in M) and query folding in Power Query in the Apri...
22 days ago
Displaying Azure Maps In A Power BI Paginated Report
The built-in mapping functionality in Power BI paginated reports is fairly basic. However the integration of Power Query into Power BI paginat...
29 days ago
Power BI Paginated Reports That Connect To Web Services And Excel
By far the most exciting announcement for me this week was the new release of Power BI Report Builder that has Power Query built in, allowing ...
1 month ago
Best Practices For Power BI On Databricks Webinar
I recently took part in a webinar with Denny Lee, Liping Huang and Marius Panga from Databricks on the subject of best practices for using Pow...
1 month ago
How Much Does Copilot Cost In Microsoft Fabric?
There’s a lot of excitement about Copilot in Power BI and in Fabric as a whole. The number one question I’m asked about Copilot by...
1 month ago
Overhead Of Getting Relationship Columns In Power BI DirectQuery Mode
Many Power BI connectors for relational databases, such as the SQL Server connector, have an advanced option to control whether relationship c...
1 month ago
Measuring The Total Time Spent Querying Sources In Power BI DirectQuery Mode
If you’re tuning a DirectQuery semantic model in Power BI one of the most important things you need to measure is the total amount of ti...
2 months ago