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First Responder Kit Power BI Dashboard - New Databases
With the PowerBi and sp_blitz scripts running in a scheduled task I can get the great dashboard and reports.
However when I add a new database to the server they don't show up in the reports later ...
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Business Intelligence for developers
I'm a developer with apps backed with SQL databases. I want to give my CEO access through BI self-serving tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
My issue is that the affordable tools all seem to require ...
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Auth failing when using Devart ODBC connector to mLab
I'm trying to connect PowerBI to a mLab-hosted Mongodb instance.
I first tried installing the MongoDB BI-connector, but after installing it didn't show up on the drivers list in Windows ODBC manager (...
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Extract max of value in Fact table using date filter
In my Data warehouse, there are Dim date and Dim City and a Fact table which at the end of each month logs the population of each city, I have a problem to calculate max population of each city in a ...
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Is it possible to host pbix and rdl files on the same report server instance?
Just upgraded an existing instance of SQL Server 2014 to 2016. That instance has an instance of Reporting Services installed. My end goal is to connect Power BI Desktop (March 2018) to my existing ...
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Best approach to calculation problem
I am re-developing an application that has been running on Excel. One of the reports I need to recreate (which will be published in Power BI and needs to be a direct query) is as follows;
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Minimum credentials on SQL Server to connect via Power BI Desktop
Note: This is not a Power BI issue, this is a DB credential issue.
In Power BI Desktop, I am trying to connect to a database, but I only want that user to have SELECT access.
I have one User that is ...
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How to relate LatLong and State columns on PowerBI
I have two separate tables, one with latitude and longitude columns (for locations in the USA), and the other with the US state abbreviation (TX, AZ, CA, etc).
Is there a way to count the number of ...
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Will SSRS be extinct soon, and PowerBI the new model?
I read SQL Server 2017 will now include PowerBI Server. They also moved SSRS to a different installer, so it will not come packaged in the original SQL Server installation. Does this mean Microsoft ...
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Error while connecting to PowerBi
I am trying to connect PowerBi to a local SQL Server instance.
It has previously worked with a direct Windows Authentication. I tried changing it to a SQL Server Authentication. No luck.
I have ...
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Making a KPI table in SQL or with dax?
I am going to make a KPI table, however I've yet to decided where to make it. In essence its going to show weekly numbers derived from our customer database.
*Weeknumber
*New users (users with ...
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Login Error while connecting SQL Database through Power BI?
I get the error message displayed in Power BI Online when using an enterprise gateway connected to an on-premise SQL Server
Unable to connect: We encountered an error while trying to connect.
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