In this short post, I will describe how to show text results from an R script visual in Power BI. Microsoft Idea Today there is already an idea submitted to Microsoft to enable this possibility however this idea does not have a lot of votes so it is not likely to be added anytime soon so then the workaround comes to the rescue! Why do we even need to show text result from an R visual? According to the multiple…
In this post, I will describe how we can implement a paired t-test in Power BI using DAX only. What is T-Test A t-test is a type of inferential statistic that can be used to determine if the means of two groups of data are significantly different from each other. In other words, it tells us if the differences in means could have happened by chance. There are three types of t-test: An Independent Samples t-test compares the means for two groups. A Paired sample t-test compares means from…
It is possible to hide tables in Power BI by using the “Hide in report view” option, however, if a user downloads the PBIX file this is still possible to view hidden tables or to unhide tables and this is also true for the reports with a live connection to SSAS or PBI dataset. In this post, I’m going to show another way to hide tables in Power BI which prevents users or anyone to view the hidden tables. Hide…
In this post, I will describe what is the Pearson correlation coefficient and how to implement it in Power BI using DAX. What is Correlation Coefficient The correlation coefficient is a statistical measure of the relationship between two variables; the values range between -1 and 1. A correlation of -1 shows a perfect negative correlation, a correlation of 1 shows a perfect positive correlation. A correlation of 0.0 shows no linear relationship between the movement of the two variables. How to interpret…
In this post, I will describe what Skewness and Kurtosis are, where to use them and how to write their formula in DAX. What is Skewness Skewness is a measure of symmetry, or more precisely, the lack of symmetry. A distribution, or data set, is symmetric if it looks the same to the left and right of the centre point. For a unimodal (one mode only) distribution, negative skew commonly indicates that the tail is on the left side of the distribution, and positive skew…
I previously wrote a post on how to dynamically partitioning tables in SSAS tabular using SQL, but in this short post, I will focus on the performance side of partitioning. What is Partition Partitions split a table into logical partition objects. Each partition contains a portion of the data, partitions can be processed in parallel independent of other partitions or excluded from processing operations if they don’t need to be refreshed. Why partitioning improves the refresh performance The main reason…
Since 2016 there’s a built-in feature in Power BI that allows us to automatically find cluster within our data.This is a great feature, however, its main drawback is that whenever we add new data into Power BI the clusters need to be manually recalculated for the new data. In this post, I will show how we can implement clustering in Power BI using R and automatically recalculate the clusters whenever we hit the refresh button. What is Clustering Clustering is the…
In this post, I share how to perform a bootstrap analysis with Power BI and briefly introduce what is bootstrapping and when to use it.
In this short post, I show how we can integrate a data dictionary using DMV queries within an SSAS tabular model and why we should do so. Why should we have a Data Dictionary within our model? The more complex a model becomes the more documentation we need to have about it. The more measures and complex formulas we have in a model the more calls/questions we have from end-users and thus the less time we can spend on getting…
In Power BI Desktop with Query Editor we can perform advanced custom transformation using Python or R script.
In this short post, I show how we can pass parameters to python script.
As of now, in the Power BI Line and Clustered Column chart, we cannot Combine Clustered Columns with Clustered Lines or Markers.
In Power BI the markers all line up over the middle of the cluster instead of overlaying every single column.
So in this short post I share how to create such a visual using R.
A/B testing, or split testing, is a digital marketing technique that involves comparing two versions of a web page or application to see which performs better.
In this post, I am going to share a step by step guide to implement AB Testing with Power BI.