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‘Real-Enough-Time’ Data
I see and hear a whole lot of noise and effort around the acquisition of “Real-Time” data in their Power BI Reports and Dashboards. I argue here that most times this is simply not necessary nor preferred and that it … Continue reading
Do You Really Need/Want All That Detailed Data In Your Power BI or Tableau Or Other DataSets?
Huh ? I remember some years ago standing next to an IT guy at the biggest Brewing company in Canada of the time. He proudly showed me a new product he had created that allowed the President (down the hall) … Continue reading
Excel Client Is Not Going Away … Business Reporting Needs It.
Business Reporting For Today I am always thinking a lot about the entire Business Reporting environment. In fact I have done this constantly now for about 40 years, actually. While I started as a “Real” person” in a “Real” industry … Continue reading
Excel Pivot Tables or Power BI Matrix ? – Use Both With XLPublish
Let’s start by just looking at these two “Tables”: Excel Pivot Table: Power BI Matrix Visualization The Same? Look pretty much the same, eh? Well to the Viewer they are, but for the person distributing this report there … Continue reading
Self-Service BI Anyone? Your Excel Models with XLPublish and Power BI Offer You That Today !
Brutal Editorial Honesty: This post is intended to convince you to try the XLPublish Add-In for Excel in your work and in your organization. Please read on … Pre-Apology: Here we go … a loong posting that is effectively a … Continue reading
Modeloff GTC in New York City – Dec 4-5, 2017
Just a note that I will be in New York on Monday and Tuesday Dec 4 & 5 exhibiting and presenting at: Modeloff GTC New York I will be showing the latest iteration of the XLPublish add-in on exhibit with … Continue reading
XLPublish Is Here !!!
Today Personal Logic Associates Inc. is proud to ship XLPublish – our new Add-in for Excel that makes publishing your Excel data in Power BI Easy, Reliable and Repeatable. With XLPublish you can make your current Excel Ranges, Tables, Pivot … Continue reading
How To Really Publish Excel Data To Power BI … Part III
OK .. Let’s go … Part III … !! In this post I will try to explain how (and especially how not) to get your Excel data into Power BI Desktop in a way that will allow you to schedule refreshes … Continue reading
How To Really Publish Excel Data To Power BI … Part Deux (amended)
Just a quick note for those that looked at and perhaps tried out the code in the post of a couple of weeks ago ( https://dmoffat.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/how-to-really-publish-excel-data-to-power-bi-part-deux/) . I have made a very small but very important change to the … Continue reading
How To Really Publish Excel Data To Power BI … Part Deux
A couple of weeks ago I published a length post detailing the techniques I have developed to successfully export Excel data to Power BI. I have had some interesting responses and I have since evolved my thinking on this, and … Continue reading