Reading Time: 4 minutes While R has been available in Power BI for a few years, Python was recently added as preview functionality to Power BI Desktop. If you have done any work with Power BI’s R Script or Python Script in Power Query, you may have noticed that many scripts appear to run slower in Power BI than if…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Makeover Monday is a weekly social effort to help everyone in the data visualization community. Working primarily from data.world and tweeting with the hashtag #MakeoverMonday, this community strives to steadily improve the quality of data analysis and visualization at the individual and community level. There’s even a new book that grew out of the weekly…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Power BI now includes eight built-in themes in addition to the countless JSON variations that you could import. If you are interested in the hex color values in order to use them in Power BI or elsewhere, here is a basic quick reference to the built-in themes. I’ve only included the initial eight colors in…
Reading Time: 2 minutes What are some considerations when adapting a locally run PowerShell script that invokes web requests to Azure Automation? This post qualifies as one where I want to document steps for my own benefit after I forget in a few weeks, but it’s even better if anyone happens to be doing something similar and benefits as…
Reading Time: 1 minute Thanks to Charles Sterling from Microsoft for giving me an opportunity to present on the Power BI YouTube channel today! A recording from the hour-long webinar Using SVG Images in Power BI is now available. Thanks for everyone who joined live and who might be interested in viewing the video about building dynamic SVG measures in…
Reading Time: 1 minute Over the summer, a variety of BlueGranite consultants came together to write posts on pre-built AI using Microsoft Cognitive Services. As data professionals, we don’t have solutions or build apps that take advantage of every API, but certain services are extremely useful both for prototyping and long term solutions. The posts are grouped according to…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In addition to using SVG in the HTML Viewer custom visual as outlined in previous posts (Part 1, Part 2), Power BI allows you to work with SVG images as Image URLs. The following technique is available for use with any visual that renders Image URLs as an image. This puts SVG on par with…
Reading Time: 3 minutes A past post discussed different fonts available for use in Power BI, and I have also showed how to try to expand your font selection with Themes. What if users want more variety? It’s possible to add additional custom fonts using the powerful HTML Viewer custom visual. You might take advantage of this method for a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier in the year, I published template Theme files for Power BI’s visual settings. These files were not meant to be complete themes but were instead for reference in building your own themes. What happens when Microsoft introduces new Format options for a visual though? The June Power BI Desktop update provides an opportunity to…
Reading Time: 6 minutes When needed, Power BI offers the ability to create Groups and Bins to help consolidate data into a more presentable or meaningful visualization. The documentation has more detail and walks through the process of creating Groups and Bins. Looking at Bins and Groups in a Power BI model using a tool like SQL Server Management…