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Processing Azure Analysis Services with OAuth Sources (like Azure Data Lake...
As you probably know from my last blog post, I am currently upgrading the PowerBI reporting platform of one of my customer from a PowerBI backend (dataset hosted in PowerBI service) to an Azure...
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Storing Images in a PowerBI/Analysis Services Data Models
As some of you probably remember, when PowerPivot was still only available in Excel and Power Query did not yet exist, it was possible to load images from a database (binary column) directly into the...
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Showing OLAP UniqueNames in PowerBI
I just had the request to expose the UniqueNames of an Analysis Services Multidimensional cube in PowerBI. You may ask why I would want to do this and the answer is actually pretty simple: In SSAS MD...
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Using Parameters and hidden Properties in Azure Data Factory v2
Azure Data Factory v2 is Microsoft Azure’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to schedule and orchestrate data processing jobs in the cloud. As the name implies, this is already the second version...
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PowerShell module for Databricks on Azure and AWS
Over the last year I worked a lot with Databricks on Azure and I have to say that I was (and still am) very impressed how well it works and how it integrates with other services of the Microsoft Azure...
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Using Power BI Desktop Direct Query with Parameters
I frequently work on projects where we have multiple tiers on which our solution is deployed to using continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI / CD) pipelines in Azure DevOps. Once everything...
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Power BI – Dynamic TopN + Others with Drill-Down
A very common requirement in reporting is to show the Top N items (products, regions, customers, …) and this can also be achieved in Power BI quite easily. But lets start from the beginning and show...
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Data Virtualization in Microsoft Power BI
Data Virtualization is actually a very new topic to me as I have barely seen it implemented in the real world or at any of my customers. But it becomes more and more interesting when working with big...
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Data Virtualization in Microsoft Power BI – Part 2
In my previous post I showed how you can use Microsoft Power BI to create a Data Virtualization layer on top of multiple relational data sources querying them all at the same time through one common...
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How-To: Migrating Databricks workspaces
Foreword: The approach described in this blog post only uses the Databricks REST API and therefore should work with both, Azure Databricks and also Databricks on AWS! It recently had to migrate an...
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Professional Development for Databricks with Visual Studio Code
When working with Databricks you will usually start developing your code in the notebook-style UI that comes natively with Databricks. This is perfectly fine for most of the use cases but sometimes it...
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DatabricksPS and Azure AD Authentication
Avaiilable via PowerShell Gallery: DatabricksPS Databricks recently announced that it is now also supporting Azure Active Directory Authentication for the REST API which is now in public preview. This...
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Azure Data Factory, dynamic JSON and Key Vault references
Paul Andrews (b, t) recently blogged about HOW TO USE ‘SPECIFY DYNAMIC CONTENTS IN JSON FORMAT’ IN AZURE DATA FACTORY LINKED SERVICES. He shows how you can modify the JSON of a given Azure Data...
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Using Power BI Desktop Direct Query with Parameters
I frequently work on projects where we have multiple tiers on which our solution is deployed to using continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI / CD) pipelines in Azure DevOps. Once everything...
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Power BI – Dynamic TopN + Others with Drill-Down
A very common requirement in reporting is to show the Top N items (products, regions, customers, …) and this can also be achieved in Power BI quite easily. But lets start from the beginning and show...
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Data Virtualization in Microsoft Power BI
Data Virtualization is actually a very new topic to me as I have barely seen it implemented in the real world or at any of my customers. But it becomes more and more interesting when working with big...
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Data Virtualization in Microsoft Power BI – Part 2
In my previous post I showed how you can use Microsoft Power BI to create a Data Virtualization layer on top of multiple relational data sources querying them all at the same time through one common...
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How-To: Migrating Databricks workspaces
Foreword: The approach described in this blog post only uses the Databricks REST API and therefore should work with both, Azure Databricks and also Databricks on AWS! It recently had to migrate an...
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Professional Development for Databricks with Visual Studio Code
When working with Databricks you will usually start developing your code in the notebook-style UI that comes natively with Databricks. This is perfectly fine for most of the use cases but sometimes it...
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DatabricksPS and Azure AD Authentication
Avaiilable via PowerShell Gallery: DatabricksPS Databricks recently announced that it is now also supporting Azure Active Directory Authentication for the REST API which is now in public preview. This...
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