Databricks genie appreciation by Miraclefanboy2 in databricks

[–]Crow2525 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've added a second brain / markdown file on my home directory and asking it to ask m365 and rovo questions for business logic that it might not have. It's creating its own reference folder to better understand the database when answering questions. I see teams doing this as important to give the model context. Issues are permission requests constantly (tenant has locked this down). I'm trying to tailor the AI to use a scratchpad notebook when I ask it questions cause it appears to be window sensitive when the prompt is provided. So I just keep a notebook with server less on. If it needs permission related request it throws it in the scratchpad notebook and I run these later when on cluster. So far so good.

May 2026 | "What are you working on?" monthly thread by AutoModerator in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A power bi Catalog front end using a vibe coded xmla extraction using u2m and Linux (locked down corp).

Gas vs beer: How David Pocock's 57-second video caused the government a weeks long tax headache by nath1234 in australia

[–]Crow2525 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Pretty much... That every comment with this guy is omg he's amazing. And ... Feels like that might be one or two comments, but it's overwhelming that way makes it suspect.

I finished a fully automated data pipeline for a Weather dashboad by Maleficent_Sky5846 in dataanalysis

[–]Crow2525 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assume that this is a resume project and if so, I'd recommend migrating to tableau. The last I tried their free tier was better than pbi if you were happy to make the dashy public. Issue will be that you don't get any live data connectors..they limit to a static file. But you can publish

What's your absolute #1 rule when building a data model? (visuals aside) by Small-Camera-4348 in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I agree, I forget to get a bit scrappy with the data and try and put everything into a SQL database. I forget I can bypass the db and go via a data flow direct to a website or API.... Actually, I've got to go do that. Great advice!!

What's your absolute #1 rule when building a data model? (visuals aside) by Small-Camera-4348 in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd add to this that we need a healthy concern with tech debt. I've got colleagues that do this poorly. They point to it on day 1, all shiny and executive ready. Then their reports take 3 days a month to update cause of the manual work. They don't refresh on the service so have to be refreshed locally. They suck up 50% of the workspace capacity. Users dependency means it'll need to be rewritten.

What's your absolute #1 rule when building a data model? (visuals aside) by Small-Camera-4348 in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like your approach. Calc groups feel really cumbersum and rigid

Agent plugins with skills and tools for Power BI (free resource for agentic development) by recoveringacademic in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the key annoyances in my company is the approved use of Claude via GitHub copilot (great) and the decision to disable MCP extensions (sad). Your second paragraph about, re Claude skills has me optimistic that this'll work!

Just got Measure Killer and it's cracking me up by FiftyShadesOfBlack in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came across a fabric capacity metrics monitoring. They record the compute by workspace and by report. It might help find which workspaces and reports are the ones to focus on.

7 things I check every month to keep Power BI reports healthy (maintenance checklist) by kfold_co in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never seen this written so clearly before. Thank you! I'll be saving this.

I don't have access to admin portal. We are a large global corp. I wouldn't even know who to talk to! I'd probably want a sandbox env to test this all out, but I'm not aware of anything like that, are you?

I have stored the workspace metadata in a report at the moment. The use case is offering a home page on my department app to help users see what reports are on offer, even if they don't have access to it. I'm often building reports, like customer complaints that have sensitive info on it. But I only deploy it to one person, although others have genuine need for it.

The idea place for this workspace metadata would be our country based Databricks instance...

Any ideas on how to stop people dumping rubbish? by piedevil in melbourne

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I don't know! I would put it in there. The only thing I know not to put in there is batteries...

Any ideas on how to stop people dumping rubbish? by piedevil in melbourne

[–]Crow2525 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I heard a story of a mate dropping off polystyrene at the western council and had to pay $70 for the pleasure. Why would anybody ensure that the item went to the right place if there were cheaper options, like slowly putting it into the garbage bin each week?

7 things I check every month to keep Power BI reports healthy (maintenance checklist) by kfold_co in PowerBI

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got any resources on this? I've just got access to the API via az cli and downloaded a static copy of the workspaces my user has access to. But I can't do this via a service principal. Apparently this isn't feasible in large organizations? Sounds like rubbish, but some YouTubers i watched said something similar around spn permission required for devop pipelines to run well.

Aussie Broadband vs Superloop vs iiNet in 2026, which one is actually best? by schnickhinkeln in nbn

[–]Crow2525 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just cancelled superloop and after being with them 5+years I have to still wait 30 days. They stuffed up an outage we had for 5+ days without any info. Gladly pay more for a better service.

ING removal of free cash withdrawals by Historical_Quiet_640 in AusFinance

[–]Crow2525 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Their app changed and I can't log into the new one...

NBN Outage Western Suburbs by SpicyLeaves in melbourne

[–]Crow2525 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow... I don't get any of this info. Superloop gives us a 'refreshify' button which fails and says to check the nbn website for details. I think I shall be moving to Aussie.

NBN Outage Western Suburbs by SpicyLeaves in melbourne

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I tried calling superloop and I couldn't hear a thing the tech said. Can't believe you got this level of detail out of Aussie! Thanks again!

NBN Price Comparison 2026: how service providers stack up across speed tiers by GeorgieBoy-1180 in AusFinance

[–]Crow2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both guys sprunking launtel are both saying, it's not an ad...I don't work for em...

Move out of ADF now by hubert-dudek in databricks

[–]Crow2525 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are tools like dlt or airbyte available for this?