Sun.Apr 16, 2023

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Disabling Filter Pane Aggregates In Power BI

Chris Webb BI

When you add a field to the filter pane in a Power BI report and select the “Basic filtering” filter type, in most cases you’ll see some numbers next to the field values: These numbers are counts of the number of rows for each value in the table that the field is from. The query to get these counts is usually quite fast and inexpensive, but if you’re filtering on a field from a very large table (for example a fact table) and/or using DirectQuery mode that might not be tru

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The Power of Listening

Mind Shifts

Many years ago I learned an invaluable life tip. One of my teachers always stressed how we have one mouth and two ears ; and that listening is far more valuable than just talking. Have you ever asked someone to do something and they nod their heads and “yes, yes” you only to have them return with a result only remotely related to what you asked for?