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Power BI

Develop Faster in Power BI by Filtering Your Data

When developing Power BI models, we don’t always want to refresh the entire dataset before we start working with the data. We can speed up the refresh – and therefore our development – by reducing the volume we’re working with. Here we’ll look at a couple of ways to use parameters to adapt production-ready models to reduce […]

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T-SQL Tuesday

T-SQL Tuesday #190 – Mastering Skills

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation from Todd asks us to consider mastery of skills. Learning is a continual cycle, a part of our everyday – be it on a personal or professional journey. Mastering is more than simply learning though. Todd hits on key terms in his invitation – commitment, planning, deliberate practice, consistency. Ticking those boxes […]

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Azure

Grab Yourself Some Free Azure SQL Offerings

Its the time of year where things may winding down for the new year and we can get a bit of breathing room. With that free time you might want to try something new, let’s say some SQL Server in the cloud? It could be a good time to start brushing up on new skills, […]