I want to use filters and DAX to hide pages that do not have filter data for a report. Is there any method for that?
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Newbie here. How do I limit the amount of data imported to Power BI? For example, I have a total row count of 1,156,135, but i only want to load the last 90 days is there an easy way of doing this?
With Power BI, you can edit the query to pre-filter the data.
On the ribbon, click Transform Data to open the Power Query Editor. The Power Query Editor will show you a sample of the data (not all of it). Then either you can set up your filters and Power BI will build the query for you, or you can use the Advanced Editor to write/edit your own query.
Click "Close & Apply" to close the Power Query Editor and load the data.
Why does my Slicer in Power BI only affect some visuals but not others? How do I make it affect all visuals on the same page in Power BI Desktop?
Apparently, I did not set up the relationships correctly.
In order to set up relationships, go to Home > Manage Relationships.
Once I set them up correctly, this solved my problem
I want to know if I can use Power BI to create reports in Excel? I want a well formatted report we present before clients.
Clients provide us data in SQL. I use statistical analysis tools. The analysed numbers are in SQL again. I have Power BI on my laptop. I want to know if I can build any process where I can create excel reports from the SQL server numbers?
I do use PBI for creating charts and graphs which I later manually paste in excel reports. But have no idea if complete report making is possible.
Can anyone elaborate??
Thanks!!
Power BI is (mostly) the combination of two Excel plugins, Power Query (Get data from Excel 2016 onwards) and Power Pivot. The visual/report layer is an advanced version of Power View in Excel.
You have two options. First you can use Excel to have the Power BI experience in getting and connecting the data together. For this method you will use the Power Query (M) and Power Pivot (DAX) parts, these are the same as getting data and using the relationship designer in Power BI. If you are currently copying and pasting visuals from Power BI into Excel, then this method would be the best way. You may want to create your visuals in Excel, and format them to a Power BI look and feel.
The second option is to create the dataset in Power BI, getting and transforming the data, then publishing it to the service. You can then use 'Analyze in Excel' to connect Excel to the dataset and surface the data in Excel.
I would recommend not copy and pasting visuals from Power BI to Excel as you lose the benefits of Power BI's interactivity, just use the normal charts, slicers and other tools in Excel. By using the first option, you are keeping the workflow in one application without any convoluted steps back and forth, and anything you learn and use in Power Query and Power Pivot you can use in Power BI.
I am new to Power BI and trying to build a report for one of our business requirements. I have access to a Power BI dataset which I imported in the Power BI desktop version. I also need to import an excel file placed in SharePoint/OneDrive and merge the data in these two sources. When I am trying to do this, I am getting the below error.
Is this feature not available in Power BI?
If not, is there a way to achieve this objective?
You are connected to a Tabular SSAS cube or Power BI Service dataset, you can't add other data sources.
You can only mix data source types in the modes direct query and import. See the limitations section of the MS docs
One option would be to recreate the Tabular data model in Power BI, over the base table/views it is based on in direct query mode, then add the SharePoint list, or add it as a table in the Tabular/Power BI Service Dataset
While working on Power BI, I have to show few columns from TABLE visual to specific set of users and hide for others.
So, till now I have created two ROLE in Power BI and added users but unfortunately, I am not able to hide and show TABLE Columns as per ROLE.
At this point - Column Level Security and Hiding Columns is not something one can achieve with Power BI.
Kindly see this Post on Power BI Ideas.