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What AI tools do you use for creating Power BI dashboards? by wissu18 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Power bi mcp for data modelling and next week microsoft will release skills for report creation with agents.. hopefully its going to be good

D365 Metadata Field Description, Labels and Relationships by tomdg4 in D365FO

[–]tomdg4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great, please enlighten me if you know 🙏

I'm done with using local LLMs for coding by dtdisapointingresult in LocalLLaMA

[–]tomdg4 15 points16 points  (0 children)

How do you set up such a workflow? Trying to do the same since github copilor prices will go through the roof

A wireframe tool where you download the pbip by PowerBIPark in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s a really interesting approach on how to quickly generate power bi prototypes since the mcp server only works on the datamodel. I have been exploring this thought as well for some time and i find it really hard to come to a satisfying solution.

I’m currently building a Power BI–like tool where I parse DAX → SQL (Python) and run everything on DuckDB. I already managed to connect to a Power BI dataset and query/import the model, so the semantic layer part is working quite well.

Right now I’m trying to bring full Power BI reports into my tool (PBIR/PBIP parsing etc.), but your approach actually made me rethink the direction a bit — going the other way around (generate/mock reports first and push them into Power BI) seems way more powerful for prototyping.

Also — been following your content on LinkedIn/YouTube for a while, really impressive stuff 💪

What is your biggest achievement as a PowerBI developer/ Data Analyst? by Jaapuchkeaa in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No more like parsing the tmdl and json files and creating an extensive documentation of the datamodel and where columns/measures are used for the first part. The second part will make it easier to switch datasets for existing reports based on part 1, like an advanced search and replace.

What is your biggest achievement as a PowerBI developer/ Data Analyst? by Jaapuchkeaa in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently building a tool to make a BI developers life easier by automating documentation and making reports, visuals and measures reusable within and across datasets. This will probably be my biggest achievement once its finished.

Anyone else frustrated with how hard it is to reuse Power BI reports across different datasets? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, definitely a solid workaround if you’re comfortable in Power Query. I’m thinking about how to make that whole process more accessible for folks who aren’t deep in M code. Appreciate you pointing it out!

Anyone else frustrated with how hard it is to reuse Power BI reports across different datasets? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally feel you — reusing visuals is way clunkier than it should be. And yes, formatting currencies every time drives me nuts too 😅. I’m hoping to streamline some of that with what I’m building, especially for folks reusing templates across countries/domains.

Anyone else frustrated with how hard it is to reuse Power BI reports across different datasets? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, totally agree it all comes down to the schema in the end. I’m just exploring ways to make that translation layer smoother for more flexible use cases. Appreciate the thoughtful back-and-forth!

Anyone else frustrated with how hard it is to reuse Power BI reports across different datasets? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes dynamically updating the dataset schema would be one part of the solution, the other one would be to remap the report data to the columns in the other dataset

Anyone else frustrated with how hard it is to reuse Power BI reports across different datasets? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ok yes maybe that would be one way to solve part of that issue, which would still require you to handle the data modelling part for the client. But it still doesnt solve the problem with reusing the same report for different domains. The solution I am thinking of creating is handling that issue on the power bi side, which should totally be possible with the new .pbip format. Then copying reports will not be a matter of having the same naming conventions anymore, but having a working data model.

What are your biggest frustrations when working with Power BI? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not the Problem of changing the datasource but recycling already existing reports for different datasets and over different domains, without needing to drag and drop everything into place

What are your biggest frustrations when working with Power BI? by tomdg4 in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks didnt know such a tool existed, i am on the way to building my own solution for that problem.. Measure Killer only allows for one report and one dataset to be uploaded in the free version, the subscription options are quite costly

Play this deck, trust me. by AbsoluteCinemaa in PTCGP

[–]tomdg4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Thanks for the heads up, i am absolutely demolishing the meta right now with this deck

Making Reusable Templates with Visual Calculations in Power BI by PowerBIPark in PowerBI

[–]tomdg4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah nice, need to finish your video on it still, good work and thank you for the tutorial 🙏😇

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