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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from tables, views, and volumes. So I wrote a python notebook to handle this task. It creates the objects in the new catalog and then changes the… Continue reading Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
Comparing Power BI Core Visual and Deneb Stacked Column Chart
One of the new features in the August Power BI Desktop release is the updated legends that are styled to more accurately reflect the per-series formatting on the visual. This made me curious how close I could get to the clean look of a Deneb (vega-lite) stacked bar chart. I used open source data from… Continue reading Comparing Power BI Core Visual and Deneb Stacked Column Chart
Calling a REST Endpoint from Azure SQL DB
External REST endpoint invocation in Azure SQL DB went GA in August 2023. Whereas before, we might have needed an intermediate technology to make a REST call to an Azure service, we can now use an Azure SQL Database to call a REST endpoint directly. One use case for this would be to retrieve a… Continue reading Calling a REST Endpoint from Azure SQL DB
What to Know about Power BI Theme Colors
Power BI reports have a theme that specifies the default colors, fonts, and visual styles. In Power BI Desktop, you can choose to use a built-in theme, start with a built-in theme and customize it, or create your own theme. Creating your own theme involves specifying formatting options in a JSON file and importing it… Continue reading What to Know about Power BI Theme Colors