Power Query ODBC bug affecting date calculations
I was working on an imported Power BI semantic model, adding some fiscal year calculations to my date table. The date table was sourced from a view in Databricks Unity Catalog. I didn’t have access to add more fields to the view, so I was adding the fields in Power Query first, with plans to… Continue reading Power Query ODBC bug affecting date calculations
Your gradient fill bar charts in Power BI have poor color contrast, but you can fix them
Since conditional formatting was released for Power BI, I have seen countless examples of bar charts that have a gradient color fill. If you aren’t careful about the gradient colors (maybe you just used the default colors), you will end up with poor color contrast. Luckily there are a couple of quick (less than 30… Continue reading Your gradient fill bar charts in Power BI have poor color contrast, but you can fix them
Tips for More Accessible Presentations
I’m busy building presentations for some upcoming conferences, so in lieu of a full blog post, please read my twitter thread about making your presentations more accessible. All but one of these tips are applicable regardless of the software that you use to build presentation content. Why lose the engagement of a single person in… Continue reading Tips for More Accessible Presentations
New Centralized View of SQL Resources in Azure
Yesterday, some new views were made available in the Azure portal that will be helpful to those of us who create or manage Azure SQL resources. First, a new guided approach to creating resources has been added to the Azure portal. We now have a unified experience to create Azure SQL resources that offers guidance… Continue reading New Centralized View of SQL Resources in Azure