(Livestream Replay) Deploying Reports with PBI-Tools - with Mathias Thierbach

PBI-Tools is an open-source project bringing source control capabilities to Power BI developers. The days of black-box .pbix files are over, and Power BI projects can now be run with established engineering practices such as: change control, branches, and CI/CD pipelines. In November, PBI-Tools added a new deployment feature for Power BI reports, based on declarative deployment manifests (also held in source control). You'll understand the basics of PBI-Tools, and see the new 'deploy' action in practice, both on the desktop as well as in Azure DevOps.

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In 2015, after having spent over ten years as a Software Developer and Architect with Microsoft technologies, Mathias Thierbach moved into the Microsoft BI space. He soon landed on Power BI, but also realized quickly that the development and engineering tools and practices were nothing like the ones well established in software development. This is how pbi-tools started as a project, filling this gap in tooling. Today, leading a growing data management team at YouGov, he experiences the benefits of those efforts every day. Having open sourced the project in fall of 2021, Mathias spends a lot of his free time bringing those practices to the wider Power BI community now.

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(Livestream Replay) Power BI Cleaner [External Tool] - with Imke Feldmann

With the Power BI Cleaner tool it is easy to get rid of unused items in your Power BI (PBIX) file. It automatically detects all unused fields in (almost) every area of your Power BI file, so you can quickly and securely identify items to delete.
See how to apply this on simple Power BI files, Analysis Services models, and even detect usage of fields in thin reports that are connected to a central Power BI dataset.

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Imke Feldmann helps clients improve their processes by leveraging Microsoft’s Power Platform. She is also very active in the community by sharing her knowledge through her blog, in forums, and as a speaker. After working in various finance positions for over 15 years, she fell in love with Power Pivot and Power Query as soon as they came out. Since then, she has been developing techniques to solve business problems with the new power tools. Her favorite tool is Power Query and you’ll find lots of tips and tricks around it on her blog.

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(Livestream Replay) Tabular Editor 3: DAX Debugger & Feature Updates - with Daniel Otykier

Almost exactly one year ago, we saw the first glimpse of Tabular Editor 3 on this channel! Half a year ago, the tool was publicly released. In this session,In this session, Daniel will show the world premier of the NEW DAX Debugger feature and overview of the current status, new features that have shipped, new features in development, and a general discussion of where the tool is headed.

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Daniel is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and CTO of Tabular Editor ApS – the company behind the tool.

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(Livestream Replay) Driving a Data Culture with Power BI - with Tommy Puglia

There are many buzz words around Power BI Adoption, and none are as hard to measure as Data Culture. What does it mean to first have a data culture, but more importantly what does it mean to do the right things to strive for a healthy data culture?

Download Tommy’s Questionnaire from our Blog Files page

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