McKinley Consulting

02/10/2025

🚀 AI + Power BI = Smarter, Faster Insights! 🚀

I’m excited to present at SQL Saturday Atlanta - AI & BI on Saturday, March 8 in Alpharetta, GA! My session, “AI in Action: Supercharging Power BI Development and Troubleshooting,” dives into how AI tools like ChatGPT & Copilot can make Power BI development easier, faster, and more efficient.

✅ Struggling with DAX? AI can help debug it!
✅ Confused by data models? AI can clarify relationships & filter context!
✅ Need better visuals? AI offers actionable guidance!
✅ Want faster workflows? AI reduces repetitive tasks!

This session is perfect for Power BI pros, data analysts, and AI enthusiasts looking to level up their skills.

📅 March 8, 2025
📍 Alpharetta, GA
🔗 Register here: https://mckcons.co/sqlsatatlanta2025

Please join the ATL SQL Saturday WhatsApp group for announcements/instant notifications using the button above. SQL Saturday Atlanta 2025 AI & BI is an all day event focusing on Artificial Intelligence & Business Intelligence - Data Analytics & Administration - for everyone who is interested in usin...

02/06/2025

🏋️‍♂️ Data-Driven Fitness & Power BI w/ Nick Green () – Feb 20 Meetup! 📊

The Nashville Power BI User Group is thrilled to host Nick Green () on Thursday, Feb 20 at 11:30 AM CST for a special session on how Power BI can drive fitness insights and optimize health behavior change.

Nick Green is an expert in behavior science and fitness analytics—you’ll learn how data can improve training, nutrition, and overall well-being.

📅 Date: Thursday, Feb 20, 2025
🕦 Time: 11:30 AM CST
📍 Virtual Event
🎟️ RSVP here: https://mckcons.co/npbiug202502

🔹 Hear from an expert! 🔹 Connect with fellow Power BI users! 🔹 Learn how data can transform health & fitness!

In this talk, I’ll explore how Power BI can be used in an innovative way to support behavior analysis (ABA) in health and fitness coaching. By leveraging Power BI's powerfu

04/01/2024

Marco Russo has a great, brief article on using a new hierarchical function in . Definitely give it a read and video a watch.

Exciting news has just landed in the Power BI universe, and it’s set to transform the way we write formulas forever! After years of development, liste

03/27/2024

For anyone in Nashville looking to learn more about , I will be hosting a free Dashboard in a Day training on Saturday, June 1. There will only be 20 seats, so sign up soon. This will be a beginner course. Please share this with anyone who might be interested. https://mckcons.co/diad2024

03/22/2024

In case you missed it, here's the recording for the March 2024 Nashville User Group meetup, all about Requirements Gathering 101!

No analytics, BI, or reporting effort will succeed without a great foundation. If you, the report creator, do not know what success looks like in the eyes of...

02/09/2024

I'm excited to speak tomorrow at SQL Saturday Atlanta -- BI and Analytics 2024! If you're attending, I'd love to meetup. I'll be presenting at 10:00 AM in room 122. Come say hello!

11/04/2022

Adam Saxton has a good overview of the admin of custom visuals. I didn’t realize you could deploy a custom visual to an entire tenant without users having to search for it.

Custom visuals can really expand the capabilities of Power BI! Some organizations want the ability to control what is used within their tenant though. Find o...

11/03/2022

I love learning new things you can do in Tabular Editor. Here, Patrick Leblanc shows you how to set up incremental refresh in the Service (i.e., without Power BI Desktop).

Need to configure Incremental Refresh but don't have access to the Power BI Desktop file? No problem! Patrick shows you how to set things up with Tabular Edi...

11/03/2022

This is a bit geeky, but if you want to get serious about improving the performance of your Power BI reports, this tool provides a ton of great information.

Improving Power BI reports’ performance is not always easy and straight. Although Power BI Desktop provides “Performance Analyzer”, the details given are not as rich as they could or should. “Power…

11/02/2022

I thought this video was a great example of both a couple different great techniques to solve a common scenario (SWITCH and calculation groups) and the general process of iterating a solution. Try something. If it’s not right, keep enhancing!

Calculating Days since a given date in DAX is pretty straight forward. But, what if you want flexibility with different dates in your model? Patrick shows yo...

11/02/2022

If you ever needed to create a popup window in your Power BI report — to display information, to show slicers, etc. — Patrick Leblanc has you covered.

Wondering how Patrick created a popup video in a previous video? Well, here you go! Learn how you can create a popup experience to provide more information i...

11/01/2022

The October 2022 Power Apps feature update is out. A few of my favorite items:
1. Support for Azure AD dynamic user membership based on rules
2. Public preview of coauthoring
3. Public preview of maker matching
4. Print to PDF

Welcome to the Power Apps monthly feature update! We will use this blog to share a summary of product, community, and learning updates from throughout the month so you can access it in one easy place. A variety of new and highly anticipated features are now available which we are very excited to sha...