Today I’ll show you a very useful technique how to deal with a JSON record that contains a wild mixture of different elements like this: If you click on one (…) Read more
Monthly Archives of August 2017
How to create and use an R-function-library in Power BI
Edit 10-10-2017: There is also a (simpler) way to run a custom function library described here: http://www.thebiccountant.com/2017/10/06/create-a-function-library-in-power-bi-using-m-extensions/ . If you go that route, the only point of interest in the (…) Read more
Tips and Tricks for R scripts in the query editor in Power BI
Especially if you are new to R, there are some things one needs to know to successfully run R-scripts in the query editor of Power BI. I will share them (…) Read more
How to import from Excel with cell coordinates in Power Query and Power BI
There might be occasions where you want to import data from Excel into Power Query or Power BI using cell coordinates like a range from E3 until G9 for example (…) Read more
Should we pipe M?
“Just because you could doesn’t mean you should”… So I’m asking the Power Query and M fans & experts here if we “should” pipe M: Background: With M you can nest your (…) Read more
New M-function: Table.TransformColumnTypesToFirstRowsTypes for PowerBI and PowerQuery
The following function automatically transforms all columns to the types that have been detected in the cells of its first row. Provided they come as: Number, date or text (but (…) Read more