Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the Power BI improvements in the March 2019 Desktop release was reduced bubble size for the Map visual. I previously wrote about the benefit of the reduction in point/bubble size. I was unaware until…
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Tableau to Power BI: Running Total and Other Running Calculations
Reading Time: 6 minutes One of the conveniences of Tableau is the ability to easily create “running” totals or other aggregations. These table calculations can be handled through the user interface. One of the questions that I sometimes receive from…
Read MoreCheck This First if Power BI’s Map and Filled Map Will Not Display
Reading Time: < 1 minute I was helping a client with an issue recently where their Power BI Desktop Map and Filled Map visuals would not display. My inclination was that something on the network was blocking the connection. This notion was…
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Display Points within a Distance Radius on a Power BI Map
Reading Time: 5 minutes Displaying customers within a given distance radius on a Power BI map was one of my recent challenges. Report consumers would need to be able to make a location selection and see which other points were…
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It’s Time to Reevaluate the Power BI “Map” Visual
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the first things I tried in Power BI Desktop (née Designer) in late 2014 and early 2015 was the Map visual. Power BI’s mapping capabilities were spartan compared to other tools I was using…
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