Power Query Book Published!
Looking for some summer holiday (or winter holiday, depending on which hemisphere you live in) reading? If so, may I suggest my new Power Query book? “Power Query for Power BI and Excel” is available...
View ArticleTwo New Books: “The Definitive Guide To DAX” And “’M’ Is For Data Monkey”
I’m not going to pretend that this blog post is a properly impartial review – I know the authors of both of these books to varying degrees – but I thought it was worth writing a few words on two new...
View ArticleNew Book: Tabular Modelling In SQL Server Analysis Services
My good friends Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari have published a second edition of the SSAS Tabular book that we wrote together a few years ago. It’s called “Tabular Modelling In SQL Server Analysis...
View ArticleThe Biml Book, And Some Thoughts On Biml And SSAS
I know what you’re thinking: why is Chris blogging about a book on Biml when he’s not remotely interested in SSIS? Well, you’re right, SSIS isn’t my thing (though as an SSAS developer it’s important to...
View ArticleBook Review: “Collect, Combine And Transform Data Using Power Query In Excel...
I generally try to avoid writing book reviews here, but the fact that there are so few books available on Power Query and M means that I’m making an exception for “Collect, Combine and Transform Data...
View ArticleThe Second Edition Of “The Definitive Guide To DAX” Is Out!
If you’re a Power BI fan there are three possible answers to the question “Did you know that the second edition of The Definitive Guide To DAX has just been published?”: Answer#1: Yup, I’ve already got...
View ArticleThree New Power BI/Power Query Books
I decided to stop writing book reviews here on my blog a long time ago: it’s a lot of work to read a book and write a proper, detailed review and what’s more I don’t like the idea of writing a bad...
View ArticleNew Book: “Extending Power BI With Python And R”
Back in September I posted about a few new Power BI-related books I was given to review for free; that post led to me getting sent another freebie book, “Extending Power BI with Python and R”, by Luca...
View ArticleNew Book: “Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices” By Bhavik Merchant
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: I don’t publish book reviews here on my blog but I’m always happy to promote new Power BI books when they are published in return for a free copy. Recently a...
View ArticleYet Another Power BI (And Synapse) Book Roundup
I like free stuff and I like books, so of course I like free books – and it seems that the more I provide free publicity for relevant books here the more free books I get sent. I’ve now got enough to...
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