Bijay Kumar 
Did you know we can use Power Apps to generate dynamic and powerful charts? Yes, we can generate visually appealing charts with other tools, such as Power BI, by leveraging Power Apps Chart Controls. This Power Apps tutorial explains what Power Apps Charts mean, different types of chart controls in Power Apps, and how to add … read more…
Do you ever need to display information in an accordion style on the SharePoint home page? Recently, for a client, we developed a client-side SPFx web part that dynamically displays information from a SharePoint events list. Even though SharePoint already has an Events web part to display upcoming events, it didn’t provide the flexibility we … read more…
When I was building an internal Power Apps solution for one of our teams, we needed a way to store documents directly inside Dataverse, things like invoices, agreements, and small supporting files. At first, it looked simple, but once we started working on it, questions came up: How much file size does Dataverse support? Can … read more…
Last week, when I created a Power BI report for the Finance team, I received the data from SQL. After loading it into Power BI, I noticed that some fields had the wrong data type. For example, a few columns were loaded as text, but they should have been numbers. To change the data type, … read more…
While working in Power BI, one of my colleagues asked me, “Is there a way to set the data type when creating a new column in Power Query?” This happened because when we add a column, Power Query does not automatically assign the correct data type. Usually, we first create the column and then change the … read more…
While creating a dashboard for an organization, I realized I needed a few empty columns. To do this, Power BI provides multiple ways to create empty columns, depending on whether you’re working with DAX or Power Query. In this tutorial, I will show you all the practical methods to add an empty column in Power … read more…
Last week, one of my subscribers asked me a question about filters in Power BI. They have a budget table with budget values for all 12 months, and actual values for only 9 months. They wanted to create a DAX measure that shows the full-year budget even when the Month filter is selected on the … read more…
We are working on a report for our client, and during the discussion, one of my colleagues asked me a question. They wanted to calculate how many customers placed an order in the last 30 days, for a specific product category, and whose total purchase amount is above 10,000. I told them we can easily … read more…
A few days ago, I was working on a Power BI report where the client needed some special filters. They wanted to see sales above a certain number, show only active records, and apply more than one condition at the same time using DAX. The normal Power BI filters could not do this, so I … read more…
A few days ago, I was creating a dashboard for a client where they needed to analyze their data using different date conditions. They wanted to see records greater than a certain date, compare data before a specific date, and even view trends between two selected dates. Since these filters had to work dynamically inside … read more…
Today, I received an email from a user who wanted to create a DAX measure to count how many distinct companies sold 10 or more items in a week. They wrote a DAX formula like this: Count above 10 =CALCULATE( DISTINCTCOUNT(Table1[Company]), FILTER(Table1, SUM(Table1[Items sold]) >= 10)) But this did not work. The reason is that … read more…
When working with Power BI for my client, I need to filter rows based on the value in another column and create a separate table. To do this, we need to use the Filter() function, then, based on a condition, create a table. In this post, I will share how I filter data in Power BI using … read more…
Recently, I was working on an SPFx web part that would allow employees to upload their documents along with metadata to a SharePoint document library. The web part includes a form with input controls for the library columns. To help with debugging, I also displayed logs in the web part, just below the form. When … read more…
While working on one of my Power BI reports, I realized my dataset wasn’t in the format I needed. After applying filters and validation rules, I wanted to add a column with a fixed value for each row. So, I started researching and found that Power BI offers multiple ways to add a fixed-value column, … read more…
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