Weekly Roundup for June 22, 2020

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It's always a good idea to add a date(time) showing the last refresh of your dataset when building out a report.

 

My clients have regularly asked me whether they need Power BI or paginated reporting. My answer, much like the grocery store customer being asked whether they would like paper or plastic: "Yes!" Rob Collie explains why each is better at different things and, thus, why both are necessary.

 

If you are looking to turn on Power BI Premium in your workspace in the near future, be sure to check this out.

 

Colors can oftentimes be used to draw a user's eyes to something on which you want them to focus or to quickly draw conclusions, such as up or down, good or bad. Reid Havens at Havens Consulting has a great idea for using conditional formatting for shadow colors.

 

Blue Granite has a really thorough article explaining what you should be think about when choosing an enterprise business intelligence solution.