Weekly Roundup for August 9, 2021

Tomorrow is the last day to register for this event. Be sure not to miss it!

After you've mastered Power BI Desktop, the most important tool for taking your data analytics career to the next level is Tabular Editor. Daniel Otykier, the creator of Tabular Editor, has just released the third full version, and it is chock full of advanced features.

If you work on Power BI datasets on a regular basis--particularly large, complex datasets with several tables, dozens or hundreds of metrics, and a lot of data--then this is the professional, enterprise-grade tool that you will need.

Daniel Otykier joins the Nashville Modern Excel & Power BI User Group to give us a walk-through of the best Power BI tool that isn't Power BI. Be sure not to miss out on this great presentation!


The October 2021 Wave 2 release for Power Apps is out. Be sure to check out the latest features.


If you’ve ever wondered whether to use a DateTime or an Integer when connecting your fact tables to the Date Dimension table, Alberto Ferrari suggests using the DateTime column, because there is essentially no difference in how the storage engine optimizes the data and it opens up some operational efficiencies.


The on-premises data gateway now supports AAD SSO pass through, meaning that you can implement Direct Query of on-premises resources, and resources in a vNet, while maintaining enforcement of single sign-on.