08/19/2015
by Marlon Ribunal
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Getting Started With Power BI Desktop: Getting Data

Now that the Power BI Desktop is installed, let’s get some data. As of this writing, Power BI can get data from 37 different data sources and data connections – File (Excel, CSV, XML, Text), Database (SQL Server, Oracle, IBM … Continue reading

08/13/2015
by Marlon Ribunal
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Getting Started With Power BI Desktop: Installation

Power BI is becoming popular for a lot of reasons. Simply put, Power BI is “BI on your fingertips.” Companies looking to adopt BI technology need not look further. Power BI is easy to learn with its intuitive tools. Gone are the days … Continue reading

05/29/2015
by Marlon Ribunal
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Finding gaps or missing dates in a date range using TSQL

Here’s a quick how-to on returning temporal data set that includes missing dates. Suppose you are tasked to query an employee’s “time sheet”. You’d want to return not only the days he’s reported to work but also all the days … Continue reading