Power BI: What Happens if I Create a Report with a Vertical Layout (Portrait Mode)?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The default Power BI report layout uses a landscape orientation. While it’s not common to see report pages that use portrait mode, Prathy Kamasani (blog/twitter) has a notable example in Power BI here. Others have tried…
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Jupyter as an External Tool for Power BI Desktop (Python Part 4)
Reading Time: 4 minutes Many people use Python with notebooks, so let’s take a look at one possible way to enable a Jupyter external tool for Power BI Desktop. The following stepwise approach begins with simply opening Jupyter. It then…
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Power BI Premium: 10 Enterprise-Class Features for Modern Business Intelligence
Reading Time: < 1 minute BlueGranite recently released a short eBook called Power BI Premium: 10 Enterprise-Class Features for Modern Business Intelligence. If you’re interested in a quick survey of what Power BI Premium currently offers or need an easy…
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Python as an “External Tool” for Power BI Desktop: Part 3 – Virtual Environments and TOM Connection
Reading Time: 5 minutes In an earlier post, I introduced some possible uses for Python as an external tool for Power BI Desktop and stepped through the core setup. This post extends the basic External Tool setup found in Part…
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Python as an “External Tool” in Power BI Desktop: Part 2 – Create a PBITool.json File
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Part 1, I introduced a few possible scenarios to use Python with Power BI outside of the built-in Python visual and Python script features. This post focuses on setting up a basic external tool file…
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