Reading Time: 6 minutes Update March 19, 2018: There are now many more than 10 ways to create maps in Power BI. Get the free Exploring Maps in Microsoft Power BI whitepaper from BlueGranite, and view the companion webinar: Whitepaper: https://www.blue-granite.com/maps-power-bi-whitepaper Webinar: https://www.blue-granite.com/maps-in-power-bi-mar-2018 Original…
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Free eBook – Powe[R] BI: Enhance your Microsoft Power BI Experience with R
Reading Time: < 1 minute I recently had a small part in a free eBook about using R in Power BI: Powe[R] BI: Enhance your Microsoft Power BI Experience with R The eBook is available for download from BlueGranite’s website. It…
Read MorePower BI Analytics Challenge: Part 3 – CSV Benchmarks + Filtering with R during Import
Reading Time: 5 minutes Using the R Script in Power BI does not exclusively have to be for advanced transformations or for connecting to sources that Power BI does not easily ingest. Sometimes, the R Script is simply faster and…
Read MorePower BI Analytics Challenge: Part 2 – Processing Data from a PDF
Reading Time: 4 minutes Note: Power BI now has a native PDF connector. This post was originally written in May 2017. Please use this for reference only. After selecting an initial challenge category for the Power BI Analytics Challenge, it was…
Read MorePower BI Analytics Challenge: Part 1 – Choosing a Category
Reading Time: 2 minutes A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced the Analytics Challenge for Power BI. The Challenge coincides with Microsoft’s Data Insights Summit in mid-June. While I will not be able to make it to the Summit this year…
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