Excel Services is dead – long live Excel Online. With the release of the first public preview of SharePoint Online, and the release of this TechNet article, the news rapidly… Continue reading What’s Happening to Excel Services in SharePoint 2016
Year: 2015
How to Set an Hourly Refresh Schedule with Power BI
One of the advantages of Power BI “V2” over “V1” is the ability to refresh from data sources more frequently than once per day. Daily was the maximum in the… Continue reading How to Set an Hourly Refresh Schedule with Power BI
Working with Excel Files in Power BI V2
In the beginning, Excel was at the center of Power BI. In the “V1” version of Power BI, the entire product was all about enabling analytics in the cloud, and… Continue reading Working with Excel Files in Power BI V2
Where Did Power View Go in Excel 2016?
If you’ve been using the Excel 2016 Preview or just Excel 2016 (depending on when you read this), you may have noticed that there is no longer an option to… Continue reading Where Did Power View Go in Excel 2016?
Connecting to Analysis Services in Power BI
At the moment (July 2015), SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) data has the widest range of connection options in Power BI. This is a good thing, but the flip side… Continue reading Connecting to Analysis Services in Power BI