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Is Power BI A Semantic Layer?

Chris Webb BI

I’ve been meaning to blog about this question for a long time now, for two reasons: Customers migrating to Power BI often ask me if Microsoft also has a product or service that can act as a semantic layer, so I need to explain that Power BI is already a semantic layer. The short answer: yes. This exchange on Twitter is a prime example.

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Take Your SQL Skills To The Next Level With These Popular SQL Books

Datapine Blog

Business leaders, developers, data heads, and tech enthusiasts – it’s time to make some room on your business intelligence bookshelf because once again, datapine has new books for you to add. We have already given you our top data visualization books , top business intelligence books , and best data analytics books.

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Why DAX Window Functions Are Important For Performance In Power BI DirectQuery Mode

Chris Webb BI

The new DAX window functions (announced here , more details on Jeffrey Wang’s blog here and here ) have generated a lot of excitement already – they are extremely powerful. After all, the fastest DirectQuery datasets are the ones that can use aggregations (ideally Import mode aggregations) as much as possible.

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12 Marketing Reports Examples You Can Use For Annual, Monthly, Weekly And Daily Reporting Practice

Datapine Blog

Today’s digital data has given the power to an average Internet user a massive amount of information that helps him or her to choose between brands, products or offers, making the market a highly competitive arena for the best ones to survive. If you are doing things in the right way, should you do more of it? How do you know that?

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Move Beyond Excel, PowerPoint And Static Business Reporting with Powerful Interactive Dashboards

Datapine Blog

Visualizing the data and interacting on a single screen is no longer a luxury but a business necessity. In essence, in this post, we will explain all the details needed for dashboard reporting and creation, compare interactive vs. static reporting, and provide tips and tricks to make your business perform even better.

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Digital Marketing Terms: The Ultimate Dictionary

Similarweb

An effective way to test and optimize your marketing content, also known as split testing. This is the only way you can be sure which specific element caused your audience to respond differently. .” If version B converts better, you send 100% traffic to version B. Digital Marketing Glossary A – Z . #. 301 Redirect.