Power BI is a powerful tool for data visualization and analysis, but navigating through its various features and functionalities can sometimes be time-consuming. To enhance your productivity and make your workflow more efficient, Power BI offers several keyboard shortcuts. Whether you’re cleaning data, building visualizations, or customizing reports, these shortcuts can save you time and effort.
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Geographic data is often stored in a Degree-Minute-Second (DMS) format, making it a bit tricky to convert into the standard decimal degrees (DD) required for Tableau’s mapping functions. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to transform DMS coordinates to decimal degrees directly in Tableau, step-by-step, so you can plot your geographic data without headaches.
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In this post, I’ll explain how to add the current date and time to an existing PySpark DataFrame in a Fabric Notebook. This is particularly helpful when inserting data into a Fabric Lakehouse table, as it allows you to track when each record was added. I’ll walk through an example using a DataFrame to first load some sample data and show how to append a new column with the current timestamp to capture the insertion time.
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If you’ve read my previous tutorial on creating Likert Scale and NPS scores in Tableau, you might have found yourself wondering: how can I achieve the same in Power BI? The good news is, Power BI offers a straightforward way to replicate this process while leveraging its powerful visualization and data modeling features.
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Surveys are powerful tools for gathering feedback and insights, with Likert scales and Net Promoter Score (NPS) being two popular methods for measuring attitudes, opinions, and customer satisfaction. Likert scales assess the level of agreement or disagreement on a statement, while NPS measures customer loyalty by asking how likely respondents are to recommend a product or service.
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In the world of databases, SQL is a foundational language that serves as the backbone for interacting with relational databases. However, when delving deeper into SQL, you will come across terms like ANSI SQL and T-SQL, which may seem confusing at first. In this article, we’ll explore what SQL, ANSI SQL, and T-SQL are, how they differ, and their specific use cases.
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Ensuring data security and privacy is paramount when dealing with business intelligence and analytics. Tableau, a leading data visualization tool, offers robust features to manage data security effectively. One such feature is Row-Level Security (RLS), which restricts data access for different users based on their roles or attributes. This blog post will guide you through setting up Row-Level Security in Tableau using dynamic user filters.
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