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(Livestream Replay) New & Exciting Features for the Measure Killer - with Gregor Brunner

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Upgrade your Power BI Desktop experience with Measure Killer, a streamlined external tool for better efficiency and clean organization. It expertly finds and deletes unnecessary columns and measures, reducing clutter.
Beyond the Desktop, Measure Killer works with Power BI Service, scanning linked reports to safely clean shared datasets without needing extra software downloads.
Additionally, we're gearing up to launch an insightful tenant analysis feature. It will give a clear picture of your tenant's use, showing reports with custom visuals, the count of report-level measures, and frequent DAX expressions, all aimed at boosting your Power BI's performance and management.

GUEST BIO (Gregor Brunner) πŸ‘€

Gregor Brunner has a background in Economics but moved into Business Intelligence in 2016. Originally from Austria, he moved to Switzerland in 2020 and started Brunner BI, a boutique IT company that specializes in Microsoft Power BI development and consulting. In 2022 his team started building Power BI external tool "Measure Killer".

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Exploring the NEW Semantic Model View + Native Calculation Groups!

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about the new semantic model view in Power BI Desktop. Plus, learn see how we can now add Calculation Groups natively in Power BI Desktop, without requiring External Tools. Tune in to learn more!

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Folder Organization for...Tables?!? Using Tabular Editor 3

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about a fantastic new feature of Tabular Editor 3 where you can now create folders to organize all the tables in your Power BI Model. Providing a great way to group, sort, and organize a large table or enterprise model. A few notes is that these table groupings can only be seen in the Tabular Editor window, and can only be created in Tabular Editor THREE not TWO. Tune in to learn more!

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Posted on October 17, 2023 and filed under Data Modeling, External Tools.

(Livestream Replay) Introducing Power BI Explorer - with Mathias Thierbach & Daniel Otykier

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PBI Explorer is a new productivity tool for Power BI developers, built by Tabular Tools. The only one of its kind, PBI Explorer provides Tabular Editor like access to the internal definitions of any Power BI report, i.e. pages, visuals, filters and so on. With a detailed property grid, a report page wireframe view, data model references, a git-like report comparer and many other unique features, this tool empowers everyone working on Power BI reports. And it is free!

Learn all about it in this session from two of the tool developers, Daniel and Mathias. Get first-hand demos, understand the inspiration behind the tool and what's in the backlog. And, most importantly, join and get your own questions answered.

GUEST BIO (Mathias Thierbach) πŸ‘€

Mathias is a Data Platform MVP and Head of Finance Systems at YouGov in London. He cares deeply about mature enterprise-grade development and delivery patterns and practices for Power BI. To that end, he has developed pbi-tools, which was released as an open source tool in October 2021. Furthermore, Mathias has presented his learnings and best practices around Power BI DataOps, CI/CD, and Deployment Automation, but also talks on the organizational and managerial aspects of running a successful Power BI team at several international conferences and many user groups.

GUEST BIO (Daniel Otykier) πŸ‘€

Daniel Otykier is the CTO and Founder of Tabular Editor ApS. With 15 years in the Microsoft data and analytics realm, he's been recognized as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Daniel's notable contributions include the creation of the open-source Tabular Editor 2 application in 2016 and the External Tools ribbon inside Microsoft Power BI Desktop in 2020. He believes in the principle of working smarter, not harder, and this ethos is evident in the tools he's developed to support the Microsoft BI community. Daniel is actively collaborating with various industry leaders and BI experts to further support the evolving needs of Microsoft BI professionals worldwide.

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