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In this post I want to share my thoughts about two ways to check that Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. I want to share my thoughts about this for various reasons. Including the fact that in my last two posts I covered both of … Read more
In this post I want to show another way to check Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. You can consider this a follow-up to my previous post. Where covered how you can automatically check Power BI reports are using the right report template with Azure … Read more
In this post I want to show you how you can automatically check Power BI reports are using the right template with Azure DevOps. Like in the below diagram. As far as the recommended CI/CD workflow options from Microsoft are concerned, you would implement this check as part of your development process. In order to … Read more
In this post I explain the importance of shifting left when testing Microsoft Fabric deployments. Especially when looking to work with the recommended development process for Microsoft Fabric by Microsoft. To help with some jargon , shifting left is a development term for moving your testing to be as early as possible in your development … Read more
In this post I cover four places you can visualize data in Microsoft Fabric for various reasons. Including the fact that knowledge about these different ways can help those preparing for either the DP-600 and DP-700 exams. Most people tend to associate performing visualizations within Microsoft Fabric using Power BI. However, there are many other … Read more
In this post I share various ways that you can perform unit tests on Microsoft Fabric items. Since a lot of people ask about unit testing in Microsoft Fabric these days and I want to provide some options. To clarify, I cover unit tests in this post. In other words, tests on individual components. As … Read more
In this post I share my thoughts about the latest Microsoft Fabric security white paper updates. Due to the fact that the security white paper has been updated since my previous post back in May. Where I shared my first impressions of the Microsoft Fabric security white paper. Which included the below diagram to help … Read more
In this post I cover my personal thoughts about the journey from Power View to Microsoft Fabric over the last ten years. I have been thinking about this recently due to a retro session at the Data Toboggan conference over the weekend. Which was called “Delivering Power View with SQL Server 2014 and SharePoint 2013 … Read more
For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover advice that I would give past me when starting my first data platform job. Before I go any further, I want to thank Louis Davidson (l/x) who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. When I first saw the invitation title I mistakenly thought it was a repeat of … Read more
In this post I cover upgrading an existing an existing Power BI Project to include the TMDL file format. Which is considered to be a more human-friendly format. Plus, how to get the pipeline provided in the Power BI Project (PBIP) and Azure DevOps build pipelines for continuous integration guide to work with TMDL. Which … Read more