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For several years now Skypoint has been the leading proponent of Power BI in Portland. We have been a Microsoft Gold Partner for many years and we are delighted to
If you’re used to working in Excel you’re quite familiar with the idea that there’s about a dozen ways to do anything. In this video we look at yet another
The art of visualization layout is a tricky one. Once you start throwing more than one or two charts onto a page it can start to turn into a tricky-to-navigate
Relative Month and Year columns in calendar tables are indispensable. They let you create simple, easy to read time intelligence measures that don’t require recoding at the end of each
(AKA “Pleased to Meet You, I Hope You Guess My CSVs Name.”) This is based on a question that floated into my inbox this week. If you’re combining a folder
Month label columns are invaluable for things like slicers and report axis. When users see 9 then don’t immediately get that you’re talking about September, but put a “Sep” on
List.Zip() is a strange function. It takes a list of lists, and returns a list of lists; so it sounds like it might not do anything. But to the contrary,
Say a customer wants a line chart with a sales line, a 3 month moving avg, a 6 month moving avg, a 12 month moving average, and a same period
Color is a critical element of visual design and we now have the capability to easily apply custom color themes in all of our Power BI Desktop solutions. This long-awaited
I was both delighted and intrigued when Microsoft announced in Q4 of 2016 that Azure Analysis Services was available for community preview. I currently have several clients who don’t want
As an application developer, 2016 has treated me well. The year brought us new technology and platforms allowing our team to rapidly create software at a faster pace and with
I’m a fan of SSAS, so you should know that up front. But I’m also working with clients who (a) need to keep their data on premise (health care, banking),
