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Writing a RANK measure (and living to tell the tale)
“Number One, I order you to take… a number two.” -Captain Jean-Luc Butthead Before I get started, do you have any idea how hard it is to find cartoon images from the pre-Internet era? I just...
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Rank continued – dealing with unknown members
TUCO: “There’s no name on it!” BLONDIE: “Well, there’s no name here, either.” Ode to YouTube HD When I used to work on Bing and would look at search logs, I was always puzzled by some of the...
View ArticleThe Great Broken Links
Just discovered this morning that all of my links to the Great Football Project were broken. Ugh, that’s the best intro to PowerPivot since it’s where I started blogging back in the Fall. Links fixed...
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RANK measure finished
“…I always see the job through.” -Angel Eyes Yep, I said I would return and finish off the Rank measure. Time to deliver. (And this makes three straight Spaghetti Western movie quotes!) Where we...
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Quick Tip: Don’t Over-Use FILTER()
The other day I was working on an updated version of my Team Playcalling report, which, by the way, look FABULOUS with Slicers: Only problem with it was that it was taking 90 seconds to refresh....
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Six Months With PowerPivot, part one
“If you don’t know me by now… you will never never never know me…” In honor of PowerPivot v1’s public release, I thought I’d offer up my thoughts on my last six months working with the product....
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The Magic of IF(VALUES())
“I’m Dan Marino, and IF() anyone knows the VALUE() of protection, it’s me.” Boom! An Ace Ventura quote finally graces the blog. Yes folks, that fine work of American cinema did indeed feature Dan...
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More Fun With IF(VALUES())
“I mean, IF() I’m paying top dollar, I want a little production VALUE()” I bet you thought I was out of movie quotes for IF(VALUES()) didn’t you! If I had a fake ID, my name would be “McPivot.” Bag...
View ArticleThe Great Football Project Rides Again! (In Power BI)
Oh My Goodness Yes. A Thousand Times Yes. (Scroll Down for the Interactive Versions) A Formerly Six-Figure Project Becomes “Free” While Also Becoming MUCH BETTER In a former life (circa 2006), I got...
View ArticleJittered Scatter Charts in Power BI via DAX and Power Query
Wham! It’s a hands-on technique! In a recent post, I hinted that I’d be using the Football Project V2 as my “platform” for some future techniques-oriented posts. That future starts today! And while I...
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