Direct Lake on OneLake hit GA this month. The two flavours, the security shift you can't roll back, and a safe audit-validate-migrate workflow with semantic-link-labs.

Every Fabric project I've worked on, every single one, has had questions around SKU sizing, capacity, capacity metrics, monitoring, and utilisation. The list goes on. I've been working with Power BI since its early days, and I've been in the BI world for many years before that. In all that time, I don't think I've come across a single product or project where it's easy to say "this is the right size." There's never really a right or wrong answer. I sometimes wonder if that's

A single Python file that creates complete monitoring infrastructure for Microsoft Fabric: lakehouse, tables, semantic model with relationships and DAX measures. Deploy in 5 minutes and start tracking your ETL pipelines immediately.

Building AI agents to create Power BI reports taught me something crucial: functional doesn't mean usable. My agent kept cramming everything onto one screen because it didn't understand design intent. This post explores visual cues and the principles that make dashboards intuitive, not just technically correct.

SemPy offers many possibilities with Semantic Models in Microsoft Fabric, some of which are remarkably effective and simplify some tedious tasks. As Data Analytics Developers, we often debate the best naming conventions. However, business users expect us to set aside our fixation on naming conventions and create more readable outputs with a simple design. When we create our models for Power Users, Self-Service BI users, or Power BI designers, they need simple, explainable nam

Copying Power BI reports or notebooks across Fabric workspaces isn’t exactly smooth — especially if you want to move things in bulk. In this blog, I walk through how I used the Fabric CLI inside a notebook to automate this task. No external tooling, no manual fiddling. Just a smart little hack with: • Environment-based authentication • Folder ID lookups (with auto-create if missing) • Safe copy logic with fab cp • Final clean-up with a folder PATCH

Cloning a semantic model or report in Power BI isn’t always recommended—but sometimes, it’s the smartest move. Whether you’re juggling multiple environments or building templates for different domains, this step-by-step guide shows how to clone semantic models and reports with Python using sempy_labs, and rebind them with ease.

Naming conventions are a small but crucial part of creating effective data solutions. In this post, I explore how to do in Microsoft Fabric

Understanding the relationships between datasets is crucial in data analytics, especially in the world of self-service BI. Sempy, a Python library unique…

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The inspiration behind this post solely came from WHO website https://www.who.int/. I went onto to check some COVID data and found…

Power BI Bookmarks, the secret behind many sleek reports, It revolutionised the entire PBI Report design approach. Initially, Bookmarks were portrayed…

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