User-defined DAX functions

The DAX statement language, which we use to add new reporting dimensions to the Semantic Model, whether they are measures or calculated columns, or we use it to create tables, has a large number of functions. However, sometimes users need to create their own functions, and recently they can do it in a simple way, most often through DAX query view.

Model view in the cloud

While most data analysts are still developing reports in Power BI Desktop, more and more want to use the Power BI service for this purpose. Maybe it’s because they’re using a Mac computer, a Linux operating system, or for some other reason. That is why the Microsoft development team made it possible for users to access the Data Model directly from the web browser, i.e. now you can use Model View at the same way as in Power BI Desktop.

MS Fabric Data Warehouses

A data warehouse is a centralized system used to store, integrate, and organize large amounts of data, often from a variety of sources, in order to prepare it for reporting and analysis. Microsoft Fabric offers users to easily create data warehouses within organizational tenant environment from which you can create reports directly in the Power BI service or by using the Power BI Desktop application.

MS Fabric as a data source

Objects (data sources) within  the Microsoft Fabric organizational environment can be easily leveraged in the Power BI Desktop application to create reports. These can be: Lakehouse, Warehouse, Datamarts (segments of the data warehouse, grouped by functional units, suitable for reporting), SQL Databases, KQL Databases… In this article, you will learn how to use Lakehouse tables to create reports.

Lakehouse

Lakehouse is a unique architecture that incorporates the best features of a Data Lake repository, which is used to store unstructured and semi-structured data, and data warehouses, which are used to store structured tables used to create reports. That is, you can store all this data in one place and access it via PySpark or SQL language…