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Unexpected Power BI Results? Turn Off the Keep All Filters Option

Unexpected Power BI Results? Turn Off the Keep All Filters Option

by Garth Jones | Feb 12, 2020 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI, Tips

Let me begin by telling you how I ended up writing this blog post. It all started when one of my first Power BI report sets was still in development. The question was asked, “Why are the drillthrough filters italicized?” It may not seem like it, but this is an...
How to Add a Card to Display the Total Number of Computers in a Power BI Table

How to Add a Card to Display the Total Number of Computers in a Power BI Table

by Garth Jones | Nov 13, 2019 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI, Tips

Hi Everyone! In this blog post I show you how to add a card in order to display the total number of computers in a Power BI table. It doesn’t matter if you are designing a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report or a Power BI report, end-users don’t have the time...
Power BI Drillthroughs – How Do They Work?

Power BI Drillthroughs – How Do They Work?

by Garth Jones | Oct 30, 2019 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI

Why am I talking about Power BI Desktop drillthroughs? Don’t you just click on an item and it drills through to the next page? Isn’t it just like drilling through items in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports? The answer is an emphatic, “No, they are not like...
How to Delete Reports and Folders From PBRS

How to Delete Reports and Folders From PBRS

by Garth Jones | Oct 23, 2019 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

I was updating my blogs on moving Power BI Report Server to HTTPS. Really, they were originally for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) but I digress. In that set there was this one on How to Delete Reports and Folders From PBRS. So, I decided to update them it to...
How to Add the Last Refreshed Date and Time to a Power BI Report

How to Add the Last Refreshed Date and Time to a Power BI Report

by Garth Jones | Oct 16, 2019 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI, Tips

Have you ever wondered, “How old is the data within this report?” Once you load data within a PBIX file and report on it, if you never refresh the results (data), Power BI continues to use the existing data. How, then, do you show when the results were last refreshed?...
How to Display Version Number Info on Power BI Reports

How to Display Version Number Info on Power BI Reports

by Garth Jones | Oct 9, 2019 | ConfigMgr, How-To, Power BI, Tips

Hi Everyone! Originally, I wanted to use the Power BI parameters feature to display report version numbers in all of my reports. In the end, however, I found another easy way to show this information. Here’s what I did: I created a table and within one of the columns...
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