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Advanced Bookmarks and Buttons in Power BI
January 17, 2021Brendan Phan

Advanced Bookmarks and Buttons in Power BI

Why Use Bookmarks and Buttons in Power BI? When developing Power BI reports, using bookmarks and buttons together does more for you than just add pleasing aesthetics. It gives users the ability to ...

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Understanding summarized data
December 15, 2020Chennie Teng

How To Export Underlying Data in Power BI

In order to make data visualizations even more useful, you need to learn how to export underlying data in Power BI. When you publish a report to your workspace, and want to export the underlying data ...

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Code Anywhere
October 21, 2020Brian Hatchet

Setting up VS Code for Remote Development with Source Control (Part 3)

Setting up vs code for Remote Development step by step In part one of this series, we showed you how to configure a Windows 2019 EC2 instance to run an OpenSSH Server to pave the way for secure, ...

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setting up vscode for remote development
September 28, 2020Brian Hatchet

Setting up VS Code for Remote Development with Source Control (Part 2)

Configuring SSH for Public Key Authentication In part one of this series, we showed you how to configure a Windows 2019 EC2 instance to run an OpenSSH Server to pave the way for secure, remote ...

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Code Anywhere
August 24, 2020Brian Hatchet

Setting up VS Code for Remote Development with Source Control (Part 1)

Setting up a Remote Development Environment with OpenSSH Server (sshd or daemon for you Linux Folks) COVID has revolutionized the way we think about work. Setting up a remote development ...

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Right Sizing Your Powershell BI Gateway on AWS cloudformation
May 26, 2020Brian Hatchet

Right Sizing Your Power BI Gateway on AWS

This guide is about the challenges and obstacles you might run into if you try to scale an Amazon EC2 Instance running Power BI’s OnPremise’s gateway. It all comes down to the current limitations in ...

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Power BI custom visuals example of data visualization
April 21, 2020Gnanaprakash Rajamanickam

Creating Power BI Custom Visuals

Sometimes dashboard/reporting projects call for data visualizations that are not part of the package. Power BI has a lot of visualizations out of the box (OOB) and in AppSource, but when they aren’t ...

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DAX query profile
March 2, 2020Tomas Santandreu Polanco

My Power BI report is too slow. What tools and techniques should I use?

Is your Power BI report too slow? In my last post, I focused on Power BI Report performance problems caused by memory issues, and the tools available to diagnose those issues. In this post, I will ...

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Power BI performance issues
January 17, 2020Tomas Santandreu Polanco

Are Your Power BI Performance Issues Due To High Memory Consumption?

Could your Power BI Document be consuming too much Memory? Power BI performance is one of the key factors affecting satisfaction by business users.  We'll examine memory consumption by Power BI ...

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Power BI parameters how to
December 9, 2019Sarada Karlaputi

Power BI Parameters – How to Use & Update Parameters in the Power BI Service

Power BI parameters are one of the most requested features in Power BI. Parameters are generally used in reports and dashboards to make them more dynamic. Creative report developers can use parameters ...

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Power BI Tips Increase the Number of Rows
September 6, 2019Vlad Gedgafov

Power BI Tips: How To Increase The Number of Rows Exported to Excel

Currently Power BI has an export limit: 30,000 rows when you export to CSV and 150,000 when you export to Excel.   There are a lot of complaints about this limit. In many cases the limit is a deal ...

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Snowflake cloud data warehouse is a Microsoft Azure partner
January 20, 2019Mark Ginnebaugh

Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse Now on Microsoft Azure

Snowflake cloud data warehouse now brings its platform to Microsoft Azure. This is another choice for Microsoft-friendly enterprises as more companies move their data and analytics workloads to the ...

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DesignMind performs AWS cloud architecture and migrations
November 28, 2018Mark Kidwell

DesignMind Awarded AWS Cloud Consulting Partner

The DesignMind team achieved an important milestone this fall. We became a Standard AWS Cloud Consulting Partner. Now you'll see us listed on the AWS website in their Partner Finder Program. To ...

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Marco Russo of SQLBI on Data Modeling Tips for Power BI
October 15, 2018Mark Ginnebaugh

Power BI Data Modeling Tips for Developers and Analysts

Data Modeling is an important skill for Power BI Developers and Analysts to master.  Power BI data modeling tips are often overlooked. A well-designed data model will result in: Better ...

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Where is Microsoft Taking Power BI
July 25, 2018Mark Ginnebaugh

Where is Microsoft taking Power BI?

Where is Microsoft taking Power BI? At Inspire 2018, Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in July, Microsoft highlighted the investments they're making in Power BI in FY19. There are two areas of ...

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Qubole Snowflake partnership announced
March 31, 2018Mark Kidwell

Qubole Snowflake Partnership Opens Possibilities for Faster, Better Insights

The Qubole Snowflake partnership was just announced by our big-data-as-a-service partner, Qubole. The partnership with Snowflake, a highly scalable cloud-based data warehouse, offers customers of both ...

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MDM Security Permissions To Safeguard Data from DesignMind
February 13, 2018Angel Abundez

MDM Security Permissions To Safeguard Data

Your data is dependent on those who have access to it, so you need to choose which users have access to data based on task relevancy. That's where MDM Security Permissions come in. In a nutshell, you ...

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MDM Business Rules can ensure accuracy
November 17, 2017Angel Abundez

MDM Business Rules to Ensure Accuracy

Leveraging MDM Business Rules For Accuracy and Clarity MDM users make mistakes. Surprised? The truth is that humans are always the weakest link in any data-management system. In fact, human error ...

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MDM User Interface Design Best Practices leads to better communications between business and IT
November 14, 2017Angel Abundez

MDM User Interface Design Best Practices

A useful Master Data Management ecosystem needs to have all the elements right to be effective. An intuitive, concise and attractive MDM user interface make data interaction easy and encourages use - ...

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Microsoft Power BI Theme
September 6, 2017Eric Bragas

How To Standardize Reports with Power BI Themes and Templates

Power BI Themes and Templates Can Ramp Up Your Data Analysis Data is a crucial asset that businesses of every size must leverage in today’s competitive market.The data itself is simply a raw ...

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Using Power BI to Extract Data
June 12, 2017James Mazzanti

Using Power BI To Extract the Hidden Value in Your Data

Using Power BI may be even more valuable than you imagined. Just think about how much of the data at your organization gets used.  What percentage is really used to analyze, evaluate, and help drive ...

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Power BI Dashboard In An Hour training at Microsoft in San Francisco
May 6, 2017Mark Ginnebaugh

Power BI Dashboard In An Hour

Power BI Dashboard In An Hour is a hands-on, high-level introduction to Power BI. In just a an hour (or two) you'll get hands-on experience using Power BI, including building visualizations and a ...

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How To Use Power BI to Enhance Data Exploration
March 20, 2017Angel Abundez

How To Use Power BI to Enhance Data Exploration

Microsoft’s recent feature additions to Power BI brings smarter insights, greater efficiency, and improved flexibility in your information dashboards for the enterprise. Yet many businesses aren't ...

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Power BI Visualization for mobile devices
February 13, 2017Angel Abundez

How to Step Up Power BI Visualization for Your Business in 2017

Are You Taking Full Advantage of Power BI Visualization? Microsoft Power BI has helped revolutionize business intelligence across the enterprise. Yet some companies still aren’t taking full advantage ...

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Hortonworks Big Data Analytics Ambari
September 28, 2016Akshay Iyengar

Hortonworks Big Data Analytics

Developer Talk: Why Hortonworks? Five Distinguishing Features of Hortonworks Big Data Analytics When it comes to Hadoop distributions, developers have a multitude of choices, including Cloudera, ...

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Hortonworks Big Data Analytics Tools
September 14, 2016Mike Wilcox

Big Data Analytics Tools We Like

Hortonworks for Hadoop – The Open Source Leader Cloudera, Hortonworks, and MapR are among the choices of Hadoop distributions for supporting big data analytics. At DesignMind, our team of big data ...

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JetBlue Airline Data Visualization with Power BI and R Visuals
August 29, 2016Angel Abundez

Data Visualization with Power BI and R Visuals

A Look at JetBlue's Most Profitable and Fuel Efficient Routes Data Visualization with Power BI and R Visuals has significantly stepped up the sophistication of data visualization. On July 5, 2016, ...

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Power BI Features Visuals Gallery
August 1, 2016Angel Abundez

Our Top Four Power BI Features

Power BI Features You Shouldn't Miss At DesignMind, we’re excited about Power BI. Since 2012, we've lived through the Power BI evolution, from Sharepoint, to Excel, and now as Power BI Desktop and ...

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Master Data DesignMind
June 9, 2016Angel Abundez

Three Common Master Data Problems You Never Knew You Had

Master Data is often overlooked Master Data Management (MDM) should be an integral part of every company’s Business Intelligence Roadmap, but it's often overlooked. Data Platform, ETL, and BI Tools ...

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Analysis Services Tabular for Power BI
March 16, 2016Angel Abundez

Analysis Services Tabular Process Optimization

How to use Analysis Services Tabular to get near real-time updates for your Power BI dashboards Analysis Services provides three different approaches for creating a business intelligence semantic ...

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Big Data Visualization of Oakland Crime
March 8, 2016Kamlender Datt

Big Data Visualization with Tableau Online

With all the attention on the four V’s of Big Data – Volume, Velocity, Variety and Veracity, there's a V that doesn't get enough credit: Visualization. It's true that value from big data lies in ...

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Microsoft Power BI File Management
March 1, 2016Eric Bragas

Power BI File Management with OneDrive

Best Practices for Publishing Interactive Reports and Dashboards on PowerBI.com One of the most common issues that we’ve seen with the growth in Power BI implementations is the challenge of managing ...

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Data Lake Storage System
January 28, 2016Mark Ginnebaugh

Choosing a Data Lake Storage System

Data Lake Storage System: Which One Should You Use? When you create a Data Lake, one of the most overlooked questions is, "What storage technology should back the lake?" Most companies just go with ...

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Shopping Beacon San Francisco
December 28, 2015Mark Ginnebaugh

The Shopping Beacon and How It’s Changing Retail

The Shopping Beacon: Your New Best Friend The shopping beacon is changing how you shop.  Imagine you're looking looking at a smartwatch in the store window, and you get a text with 10% off on the ...

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Power BI and Data Refresh
September 15, 2015Eric Bragas

What is Power BI and Schedule Data Refresh?

Microsoft’s much anticipated General Availability release of Microsoft Power BI is here, and with it a lot of new and exciting features of both PowerBI.com and the free Power BI Desktop development ...

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Big Data DesignMind
July 25, 2015Angel Abundez

Microsoft SSAS: Why It Should Be Part Of Your Big Data Game Plan

While many organizations are using Hadoop for big data warehousing, it’s also worth considering a reliable alternative: Microsoft SSAS Here in Silicon Valley, you can’t have a cup of coffee without ...

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Power BI DesignMind
April 16, 2015Angel Abundez

Power BI: 5 Things You Need to Know Now

Power BI has been out for a while. It's a reporting solution that Microsoft has developed, enabling analysts, BI developers, and power users to create ad hoc analysis in the most popular BI tool in ...

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Got Big Data?
February 6, 2015Mark Ginnebaugh

Big Data: How To Do It Right

Big Data Planning and Research Pays Off If you’re beginning your first foray into analyzing your organization’s Big Data, you need to spend some time thinking about the big picture. The payoffs of ...

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How to Hire a Data Scientist
August 4, 2014Andrew Eichenbaum

Hiring a Data Science Team: Types of Data Scientists

Hiring a new member to your team is always a daunting task. Now combine that with looking to fill "The Sexiest Job of the Century", Data Scientist, and you have quite the conundrum on your ...

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Bloomberg Data Delivery with Hadoop
July 24, 2014Mark Kidwell

Hadoop Speeds Data Delivery at Bloomberg

Many organizations are adopting Hadoop as their data platform because of two fundamental issues: They have a lot of data that they need to store, analyze and make sense of, on the order of 10s of ...

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Joy Mundy of Kimball Group on Dimensional Modeling
December 16, 2013Mark Ginnebaugh

Joy Mundy of the Kimball Group

Joy Mundy of the renowned IT consulting firm Kimball Group focuses on Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solutions. She spoke at SQLSaturday Silicon Valley on designing dimensional ...

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