Sharing local file links to Power BI (.pbix) reports may seem convenient, but it creates significant risks for your data, your reports, and your organisation. Here’s why this approach should be avoided in any enterprise environment. 1️⃣ It Creates Multiple, Conflicting Versions of the Same Report When a .pbix file is shared via local file … Read more
This template is designed to work as a reusable starting point for Sales Pipeline reporting across Busopp, Order and Invoice, using consistent datamart views and a parameter-driven connection pattern. The template can open and run “out of the box” if default values are provided (or if you enter the parameters when prompted). What you get … Read more
The meta_codes, meta_dates (and any derived meta_values) views are intentionally long and thin. This structure: That said, long thin tables aren’t always the easiest shape to work with directly in a reporting tool. Shaping meta data into a report-friendly form Once you’ve applied some basic filtering (for example, keeping only the code or date types … Read more
Purpose:To run the stored procedure get.myArchive from Power BI for a series of previous Sundays (for example, the last six Sundays), and optionally combine or parameterise the results. 🧭 Background The get.myArchive procedure is designed to retrieve snapshot data for a specified date.By default, Power BI passes a single date parameter such as: However, when … Read more
This note explains how to turn the current views (wide–from–tall) into a report‑friendly table using Power Query (recommended) or DAX. It covers two common layouts: It also shows how to extract a human‑readable Description from the JSON in VALUE_METADATA. Source schema (tall, meta-driven) Expected columns: Assumption: Each (OBJECT_SEQ, [META_TYPE], ATTRIBUTE) appears at most once for … Read more
Today I stumbled upon a neat little trick in Power BI’s Power Query Editor, and it’s too good not to share! If you’ve ever loaded data into Power BI and ended up manually renaming columns one by one to clean them up, there’s a much faster way. 💡 You can rename all columns at once … Read more
📘 Context The CODESSTRING field returned from Oracle contains serialised key-value pairs using non-printing ASCII characters: Example value: ✅ Goal Convert this encoded string into structured columns in Power BI, e.g.: ACCOUNT CODE_B CODE_C CODE_D CODE_E 10201 200 2011072 🛠️ Solution: Power Query Function Step 1: Create the Parsing Function Step 2: Apply the Function … Read more
✅ What You’ll Need 🛠️ Step-by-Step Power Query Approach Step 1: Load both tables into Power Query Step 2: Create a Cross Join (Employee × Month) Step 3: Add FTE Logic (Human Version in M) Now, for each row (i.e. employee × month), add a custom column to calculate the monthly FTE: 🧾 Final Step: … Read more
The following Power Query (M) script demonstrates how to extract a list of dates from a table, convert them into a formatted string, and use them dynamically in an API request: Step-by-Step Guide Explanation: Application in get.myhistory This approach can be used within get.myhistory to dynamically retrieve historical records by supplying a list of relevant … Read more
1. Model (Data Model in Power BI): 2. View (Report/Visualisation in Power BI): 3. Controller (User Interaction in Power BI): Application of MVC to Power BI Workflow: Practical Example in Power BI: Benefits in Power BI: In conclusion, although Power BI doesn’t directly follow the traditional MVC framework, its architecture of separating the data model … Read more