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The Oddville Revueep 36 A Storied Life w/ John Jason Phillips. Author, painter and set designer John Jason Phillips joins us this week to talk about his trilogy of novels and his experience in the 1980s as a gay man in San Francisco's Castro district. Jason also fills us in on the details of a potential movie deal for his second novel in the series, Queen of the Mission. visit Johnjasonphillips.com to check out his art and stay updated on book releases! 2025-05-041h 06
BIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 272 - 2023 Predictions Review and New Predictions for 2024This is episode 272 recorded on January 12, 2024 where John & Jason do the annual year end wrap-up. Jason comes out ahead on his predictions from 2023 - but only by a little, and everybody has a few interesting predictions for 2024.2024-01-1741 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 235 - Interview with Ed SenezThis is episode 235 recorded September 13th, 2022 where John & Jason talk to Ed Senez, CEO of tyGraph, about the big announcement in his & John's world and about what tyGraph is up to today and moving forward.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2022-09-1427 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 221 - Deep dive on Azure Data ExplorerThis is episode 221 recorded on March 10th, 2022 where John & Jason talk about the state of the world & do a deep dive on the work John has been doing with Azure Data Explorer, also known as Kusto.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2022-03-1527 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 183 - Whither Power PivotThis is episode 183 recorded on March 12th, 2021 where John & Jason about John's click bait blog post where he talks about the validity of continuing to use Power Pivot in Excel. Jason takes the count point.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2021-03-1532 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 164 - A Fall Cornucopia!This is episode 164 recorded on October 16, 2020 where John & Jason talk about some recent news, the new Power BI app for Teams, alternative productivity tools, and Jason's blog post series on working from home.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-10-2032 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 158 - Catching up on the Power BI NewsThis is episode 158 recorded on August 28th, 2020 where John & Jason catch up on the Power BI News from the past few weeks including re-imagined headers and navigation in the Power BI Mobile apps, Power BI data protection updates, and Release update for Sept 2020 release of Power BI Report Server.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-08-3134 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 157 - Interview with Mike Carlo & Seth BauerThis is episode 157 recorded on August 21st, 2020 where John & Jason talk to Microsoft MVPs Mike Carlo & Seth Bauer, from PowerBI.tips, about their new tool Business Ops and all of the great stuff they do at PowerBI.Tips.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-08-2446 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 156 - August 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 156 recorded on August 14th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the August 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including dynamic formatting support to more visuals, Direct Query support for Q&A in preview, Text/CSV By Example in preview.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-08-1734 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 155 - News & other updatesThis is episode 155, our 3rd anniversary episode, recorded on August 7th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about updates to Microsoft Teams, the new Microsoft Ignite dates, some announcements about Power BI Workspaces & Dataflows, and some Ideas picks.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-08-1030 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 154 - July 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 154 recorded on July 22nd, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the July 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including Gradient Legend, Azure Maps Visuals, and the fact that Power BI Desktop now supports external-tool extensibility.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-07-2841 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 153 - 2020 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Power BI Service reviewThis is episode 153 recorded on July 9th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the newly released Microsoft Power Platform: 2020 release wave 2 plan for Power BI Mobile & the Power BI Service.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-07-1834 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 152 - 2020 Release Wave 2 Plan for the Power BI Desktop reviewThis is episode 152 recorded on July 9th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the newly released Microsoft Power Platform: 2020 release wave 2 plan for Power BI Desktop.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-07-1032 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 151 - Visuals, Apps, Licensing & PicksThis is episode 151 recorded on June 25, 2020 where John & Jason talk about changes to some formerly useful custom visuals, Power BI Report Server licensing change, and a conversation about Apps.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-06-2830 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 150 - June 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 150, our sesquicentennial episode, recorded on June 17, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the June 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including Enhancements to mobile layout authoring, changes to the Hierarchy slicer, and Model view enabled for live connect.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-06-2034 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 149 - Creating Data Driven Subscriptions for Power BI ReportsThis is episode 149 recorded on June 10, 2020 where John & Jason discuss John's latest blog post about Creating Data Driven Subscriptions for Power BI Reports, some Power Apps stuff, and some other tidbits.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-06-1327 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 148 - May 2020 News RecapThis is episode 148 recorded on June 4, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the rest of the news from May 2020 including Power BI Report Server May 2020 Feature Summary, Power BI Dataflows Direct Query Support, and What’s next for the new workspace experience upgrade in the coming months.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-06-0634 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 147 - Interview with Will ThompsonThis is episode 147 recorded on May 28, 2020 where John & Jason talk to Will Thompson, Group Program Manager for Power BI Creation Experiences about his vision, The future of Power BI authoring, and the correct way to pronounce composite models.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-05-3138 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 146 - May 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 146 recorded on May 21, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the May 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including Curate featured tables for Excel coming to preview, Drop shadow support for visuals, Direct Query on Dataflows and Dataset impact analysis. They also there are picks this week… finally.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-05-2338 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 145 - April 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 145 recorded on May 15, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the April 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including being able to Personalize visuals (in preview), change detection for page refresh (in preview)and Direct Query support for AI visuals.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-05-1635 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 144 - MBAS 2020 RecapThis is episode 144 recorded on May 7, 2020 where John & Jason recap announcements made during the Microsoft Business Applications Summit like connecting to multiple models in a single report, expansion of Direct Query support, Power BI Template layouts, and deeper SharePoint & Teams integrations.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-05-0936 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 143 - May the 4th be with youThis is episode 143 recorded on May 4, 2020 where John & Jason talk about Microsoft Business Applications Summit, the delay of the April Desktop, Subreports now available in Paginated Reports, and John does a mea culpa.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-05-0528 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 142 - Power BI News updatesThis is episode 142 recorded on April 16th, 2020 where John & Jason go over the Power BI News of the day, including the new workspace look and feel, improvements to Paginated reports, copying visuals, and more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-04-1733 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 141 - C'mon get AppyThis is episode 141 recorded on April 10th, 2020 where John & Jason talk in depth about Power BI Apps, Power BI Template Apps, discuss the announcement about Power BI Apps this week where designing custom navigation is becoming generally available, and have several User Voice picks to share.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-04-1332 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 140 - Exploring Azure Data ExlorerThis is episode 140 recorded on April 3rd, 2020 where John & Jason talk about Azure Data Explorer, formerly known as Kusto, discuss some of the COVID data out in the ether, and the XMLA read\write end point that was recently announced.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-04-0431 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 139 - Talk about COVID-19 data with Rob FosterThis is episode 139 recorded on March 26th, 2020 where John & Jason talk to Rob Foster, Senior Manager at Deloitte & Office Apps and Services MVP, about his video on the COVID-19 data that inspired the new series on the BIFocal YouTube Channel.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-03-2734 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 138 - March 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 138 recorded on March 16th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the March 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including New action types for buttons, Multi-column sort for tables, and the New Power BI Ribbon becomes the default Ribbon… or the Ribbon.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-03-1830 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 137 - Going ViralThis is episode 137 recorded on March 2nd, 2020 where John & Jason talk about trouble with Calculation groups, the new Power BI tab in Microsoft Teams, and Power BI Home Changes.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-03-0530 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 136 - February 2020 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 136 recorded on February 18th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about the February 2020 Power BI Desktop Update including incremental refresh going GA & available for Pro users, the out of the box Hierarchical Slicer, and new Ribbon changes in Preview.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-02-2025 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 135 - Early February Catch UpThis is episode 135 recorded on February 5th, 2020 where John & Jason catch up on some news including the Publish to Web default is changing, improved report usage metrics in modern workspaces, and the features in the January 2020 release of Power BI Report Server.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-02-0721 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 134 - 2020 ForesightThis is episode 134 recorded on January 28th, 2020 where John & Jason walk through the Power Platform 2020 Release Wave 1 Plan in excruciating detail.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-02-0139 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 133 - Get started with Power BI & Treb GatteThis is episode 133 recorded on January 24th, 2020 where John & Jason talk to Treb Gatte, CEO of Marquee Insights & Data Platform MVP, about getstartedwithpowerbi.com, the Microsoft Ignite announcements, and other community efforts to help people learn Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-01-2635 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 132 - Welcome BackThis is episode 132 recorded on January 16th, 2020 where John & Jason talk about some updates in Jason's world, discuss the Microsoft Ignite World Tour, and cover the latest news in Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-01-1829 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 131 - Hindsight for 2020This is episode 131 recorded on January 2nd, 2020 where John & Jason cover the news, review their predictions for 2019, and make predictions for 2020.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2020-01-0339 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 130 - The Final version of Power BI Desktop... this yearThis is episode 130 recorded on December 20, 2019 where John & Jason walk through the latest version of Power BI Desktop, which includes a theme editor, data URLs, and more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-12-2230 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 129 - Power BI news from SharePoint Fest Chicago 2019This is episode 129 recorded live at SharePoint Fest Chicago on December 11, 2019 where John & Jason cover off a few recent Power BI news items, and highlight some recent guidance around Power BI Premium.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-12-1824 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 128 - Interview with Dona SarkarThis is episode 128 recorded live at Microsoft Ignite on November 5th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Dona Sarkar, Principal Advocate for the Microsoft Power Platform about her background, community, and intrapreneurship.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-11-2737 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 127 - November 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 127 recorded on November 14th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the November Power BI Desktop features including the new Power BI Desktop Ribbon, Decomposition Tree, and AI Functions in Power Query.
Jason's blog post
Office 365 Service Description Power BI Reporthttps://www.sharepointlonghorn.com/office-365-service-description-power-bi-report/
John's blog post
A low cost approach for paginated report subscriptions in Power BIhttp://whitepages.unlimitedviz.com/2019/11/a-low-cost-approach-for-paginated-report-subscriptions-in-power-bi/
Desktop November 2019
Other
• Modern ribbon (preview)
Reporting
• Decomposition tree visual (preview)
Analytics
• Conditionally format button formatting
Visualizations
• ArcGIS Maps for Power BI update
• New xViz visuals
• Advanced Gauge
• Hierarchical Filter
• ZoomCharts Drill-Down Waterfall Visual
• Financial Reporting Matrix b...2019-11-1938 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 126 - Ignite Wrap Up and Unconference OutcomesThis is episode 126 recorded on November 8th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about Microsoft Ignite, the announcements, the demos, and all the rest of the stuff from the show.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-11-1524 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 125 - Round up with Adam SaxtonThis is episode 125 recorded live at Microsoft Ignite on November 8th, 2019 where John & Jason interview Adam Saxton, Microsoft’s “Guy in a Cube”, about the Power BI community, what announcements Microsoft made this at Microsoft Ignite, and expand upon Adam’s Guy in a Cube Round Up for November 11th.
Show Notes:
Killer Power BI updates at MS Ignite (Guy in a Cube Roundup | November 11, 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQejH0KE2sw&feature=youtu.be&list=PLv2BtOtLblH0NEAt7-LT7phhn8qv718eK&fbclid=IwAR2orSNitvzBsfuC5m0P7zqDkwPaXPxXtBeuP2CHcaQxUzXlcazALHxv4VI
Weaving Business Intelligence into the fabric of the orga...2019-11-1146 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 124 - Interview with Arun UlagThis is episode 124 recorded live at Microsoft Ignite on November 4th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about some new blogs posts from John and interview Arun Ulag, General Manager of Power BI Engineering at Microsoft, about all things Power BI, what announcements they've made this week, and where he sees them heading.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-11-0732 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 123 - Microsoft Ignite "Know before you go" with Anna ChuThis is episode 123 recorded on October 31st, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Anna Chu about Microsoft Ignite. She shares information about the upcoming event including lots of tips & tricks, clarifies some information about the event, and we all make some session picks.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-10-3142 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 122 October News Round upThis is episode 122 recorded on October 29th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the October Power BI news including refreshing your Power BI dataset using Microsoft Flow, general availability of Automated Machine learning in Power BI, and the Power BI lineage view.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-10-3026 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 121 - October 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & NewsThis is episode 121 recorded on October 15th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the October Power BI Desktop features including Automatic page refresh for DirectQuery, the new Q&A visual and associated updates, and Query diagnostics.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-10-1635 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 120 Power BI News updateThis is episode 120 recorded on October 2nd, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the Microsoft Ignite schedule builder and a whole bunch of news items from the last month.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-10-0428 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 119 Power Platform 2019 Roadmap Wave 2 PlanThis is episode 119 recorded on September 27th, 2019 where John & Jason talk through the Microsoft Power Platform 2019 Release Wave 2 Plan and highlight the important Power BI dates over the next few months.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-10-0135 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 118 - September 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 118 recorded on September 19th, 2019 where John & Jason walk through the September 2019 Power BI Desktop update, and highlight some important user voice picks.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-09-2132 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 117 Interview with Chris WebbThis is episode 117 recorded on September 5th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Chris Webb, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft on the Power BI CAT Team, about Power Query, data consulting, community efforts, and his new shiny new job at Microsoft.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-09-1348 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 116 - Interview with Marco RussoThis is episode 116 recorded on September 5th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Marco Russo about Analysis in general, community efforts, and his new book, The Definitive Guide to DAX, 2nd edition.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-09-0646 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 115 August 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & NewsThis is episode 115 recorded on August 29th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the latest News, Ignite update & the August Power BI Desktop news including Grouping visuals, Measure support for the Key Influencers Visual, & some new Data Connectivity.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-08-3038 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 114 Live from SharePointFest Seattle with Chris FinlanThis is episode 114 recorded on August 21st, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Chris Finlan, Principal Program Manager for Power BI, about his experience at SPFest, whats new and exciting in Power BI, and some specifics around Paginated Reports in Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-08-2637 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 113 Summer News Round UpThis is episode 113 recorded on August 14st, 2019 where John & Jason recap all the news that fit to hear from Summer 2019 like Sending refresh notifications to others, Paginated Reports August 2019 Feature Update, Power BI Premium new capacity settings allow for more control over datasets, and more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-08-1539 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 112 Changing the laws of Physics with Christian WadeThis is episode 112 recorded on August 7st, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Christian Wade, Senior Program Manager for Analysis Services at Microsoft, about Power BI in the Enterprise, the updates to Aggregations feature, upcoming major performance enhancements, and more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-08-0844 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 111 July 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 111 recorded on August 1st, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the latest update to Power BI Desktop including Icon sets for table and matrix, Aggregations now being generally available with RLS support, and the Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 connector.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-08-0228 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 110 - All About Ignite with Anna ChuThis is episode 110 recorded on July 25th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Anna Chu from Microsoft about all of the opportunities available for community participation at this year's Microsoft Ignite Conference
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-07-2928 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 109 - Interview with Reid HavensThis is episode 109 recorded on July 18th, 2019 where John & Jason review some community news, and John interviews Reid Havens of Havens consulting about the Power BI community, consulting in the Power BI world, and template apps.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-07-2339 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 107 - Power BI News & MVP RenewalsThis is episode 107 recorded on July 2nd, 2019 where John & Jason talk about MVP Renewals, the World Cup, and a whole bunch of Power BI News including the New Viewer Role for Power BI Workspaces, the June Dataflows updates, and a new version of Power BI Report Builder.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-07-0331 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 105 - June 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 105 recorded on June 13th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the latest update to Power BI Desktop including the new look for Power BI Desktop, Certified and shared datasets, and Visual level filters for slicers.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-06-1838 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 104 - Power BI Keynote from MBASThis is episode 104 recorded on June 10th, 2019 live from Microsoft's Business Applications Summit where John & Jason talk about all of the announcements from the Power BI Vision & Roadmap keynote.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-06-1118 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 103 - Community Update & MBAS chatterThis is episode 103 recorded on June 7th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the Microsoft Community, plans for the Microsoft Business Applications Summit, a few bits of news, and some recent helpful blog posts from John.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-06-0925 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 102 - May 2019 News UpdateThis is episode 102 recorded at European Collaboration Summit in Wiesbaden, Germany on May 29th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest Power BI news.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-06-0227 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 101 - May 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 101 recorded on May 23rd, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest update to Power BI Desktop.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-05-2528 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 100 - A measurable milestoneThis is episode 100 recorded on May 16th, 2019 where John & Jason make a big deal about episode 100, talk about how they got here, some of the events that they have coming up, make some picks, and Jason pulls a fast one on John.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-05-1733 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 99 - Interview with Abram Jackson & Tyler LenigThis is episode 99 where John & Jason talk to Abram Jackson & Tyler Lenig, Program Managers from the Graph Data Connect Team, about the release of Microsoft Graph Data Connect & how it can be used with Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-05-0836 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 98 - Power BI NewsThis is episode 98 recorded on May 2nd, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Treb Gatte, Managing Partner at Tumble Road, about all the exciting Power BI news from the last couple of weeks.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-05-0526 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 97 - Interview with Matthew RocheThis is episode 97 recorded on March 21st, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Matthew Roche, Senior Program Manager on the Power BI CAT team, about Dataflows, sword play, and much more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-04-2551 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 96 - April 2019 Power BI Desktop Update & more newsThis is episode 96 recorded on April 15th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest update to Power BI Desktop the including features like Drillthrough across reports, Filter pane improvements, & Dataflows connector now being generally available, plus a breakdown of some other news AND User Voice Picks!
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-04-1635 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 95 - Holy Power BI news!This is episode 95 recorded on April 8th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about all of the news just from last week that the Power BI team announced.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-04-0937 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 94 - Interview with Aviv EzrachiThis is episode 94 recorded on March 19th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Aviv Ezrachi, Principle Program Manager for Power BI, about his role with the Power BI Service and his vision for Power BI Development.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-04-0238 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 93 - Interview with Kim ManisThis is episode 93 recorded on March 18th, 2019 where John & Jason talk to Kim Manis, Principal Group Product Manager for Power BI, about her role on the Power BI Team and her vision for Power BI Desktop.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-03-2825 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 92 - March 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 92 recorded on March 15th, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest update to Power BI Desktop the including features like Single select slicer, filter pane improvements, and some accessibility improvements.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-03-1929 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 90 - News & using Power BI with Microsoft TeamsThis is episode 90 recorded on March 1st, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest Power BI news & Jason talks about using Power BI with Microsoft Teams & SharePoint list data.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-03-0627 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 89 - February 2019 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 89 recorded on February 22nd, 2019 where John & Jason talk about latest update to Power BI Desktop the including features like update default visual interaction to cross-filter, Insights questions in Q&A, and a bunch of new custom visuals.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-2628 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 88 - Catching up on the newsThis is episode 88 recorded on February 22nd, 2019 where John & Jason catch up on all the February news from the Power BI team including 3 updates from Chris Finlan.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-2423 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 87 - The Administration CenterThis is episode 87 recorded on January 30, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the new Power Platform Admin Center and the recently published spring roadmap for the Power Platform.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-1439 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 86 - It's Cold OutThis is episode 86 recorded on January 30, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the January 2019 release of Power BI Report Server, and improvements to the subscriptions feature in the Power BI Service.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-0624 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 85 - Power Power QueryThis is episode 85 recorded on January 21, 2019 where John & Jason talk about the new personal bookmarks feature, and how to get the most out of Power Query with Power BI Dataflows.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-0220 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 84 - Databricks & External DataflowsThis is episode 84 recorded on January 21, 2019 where John & Jason talk about Azure big data technologies, the Ignite world tour, and Power BI external dataflows.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-02-0227 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 83 - The death of inappropriate anonymous embeddingThis is episode 83 recorded on January 11th, 2019 where John & Jason talk Workspace Management in the Admin portal & the death of inappropriate anonymous embedding.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-01-1822 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 82 - 2018 Power BI Wrap UpThis is episode 82 recorded on December 18th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about the highlights of 2018 in the Power BI space & make some predictions for 2019.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2019-01-0144 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 80 - Decemeber 2018 Power BI Desktop UpdateThis is episode 80 recorded on December 17th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about last update to Power BI Desktop in 2018 including features like Smart guides for aligning objects on a page & the preview of Live connect support for Q&A.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-12-1826 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 77 - Interview with Arun UlagThis is episode 77 recorded on November 21st, 2018 where John & Jason talk about some new blogs posts from John and interview Arun Ulag, General Manager of Power BI Engineering at Microsoft, about all things Power BI at Microsoft Ignite on September 25th, 2018.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-11-2730 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 76 - Power BI Desktop's Biggest UpdateThis is episode 76 recorded on November 21st, 2018 where John & Jason talk about all the new stuff in the latest Power BI Desktop like the updated filtering experience & the new modeling view now in preview.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-11-2229 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 75 - PASS Summit News & DataflowsThis is episode 75 recorded on November 9th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about the news coming out of PASS Summit and break down the introduction of Dataflows.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-11-1329 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceInterview with Amir NetzThis is episode 74 recorded on September 24th, 2018 where John & Jason interview Amir Netz, Technical Fellow and Chief Architect of Microsoft BI offerings at Microsoft, about all things Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-11-0750 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 73 - Interview with Chris FinlanThis is episode 73 recorded on October 22nd, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Chris Finlan, Senior Program Manager for Power BI at Microsoft, about the Power BI Report Server, Paginated Report in the cloud via Power BI, and much more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-3040 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 72 - October Desktop UpdateThis is episode 72 recorded on October 19th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to about the October release of Power BI Desktop, and a little about publish to web reports.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-2333 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 71 - Interview with Amanda CofskyThis is episode 71 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about some new & exciting stuff they are each working on & interview Amanda Cofsky, Program Manager for Power BI, at Microsoft Ignite about what is coming to Power BI Desktop like Copy & Paste visuals between PBIX files.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-1838 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 69 - Interview with Sundeep MedaThis is episode 69 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Sundeep Meda, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, about RDL in the Cloud, field listener questions, the Power BI webpart in SharePoint Online, updates to Report Builder & Report viewer, Row level security in Power BI Report Server, and much more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-0528 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 68 - Live from Ignite with Adam SaxtonThis is episode 68 recorded on September 26th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Adam Saxton, Microsoft's "Guy in a Cube", live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about the new XMLA end points, Certified Data Sets, the shift to focus on Enterprise BI with Power BI Premium, the new ALM Toolkit, and much more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-0422 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 67 - Interview with Josh CaplanThis is episode 67 recorded on September 25th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Josh Caplan, Sr. Program Manager for Power BI, live at Microsoft Ignite 2018 about Power BI Premium, the new XMLA end points, and much more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-10-0323 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 66 - Power BI Desktop Update & Ignite Session picksThis is episode 66 recorded on September 14th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to about the September release of Power BI Desktop and make picks for Microsoft Ignite 2018.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-09-1832 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 65 - Meetup with Reza RadThis is episode 65 recorded on September 11th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Microsoft MVP and Regional Director Reza Rad about Reza's Power BI background, and our joint meetup at Microsoft Ignite.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.showFor show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-09-1324 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 64 - Ignite Schedule BuilderThis is episode 64 recorded on September 6th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about Microsoft Ignite and an alternative way to find sessions using Power BI.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-09-0724 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 63 - Interview with Christian WadeThis is episode 63 recorded on August 30th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Christian Wade, Senior Program Manager for Analysis Services at Microsoft, about Power BI in the Enterprise, the upcoming Aggregations feature, and more.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-08-3135 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 62 - Interview with Adam SaxtonThis is episode 62 recorded on August 16th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about the Power BI Report Server release & interview Adam Saxton, Microsoft's "Guy in a Cube".
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-08-2130 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 61 - Interview with Lukasz PawlowskiThis is episode 61 recorded on August 9th, 2018 where John & Jason talk to Lukasz Pawlowski, Senior Program Manager on the Power BI team at Microsoft, and mention highlights from the August Power BI Desktop release.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-08-1438 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 60 - End of an EraThis is episode 60 recorded on August 7th, 2018 where John & Jason talk about a new initiative for Power BI Beginners & the deprecation and removal of BI Features in SharePoint 2019.2018-08-0829 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 59 - Interview with Will ThompsonThis is episode 59 recorded on July 31st, 2018 where John & Jason talk about SPSNYC, sessions for Ignite, and interview Will Thompson from the Power BI Desktop Team at Microsoft.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-08-0233 minBIFocal - Clarifying Business IntelligenceEpisode 58 - Power BI Desktop Update & the Road AheadThis is episode 58 recorded on July 25th 2018 where John & Jason talk about Business Application Summit after-the-fact, The Road Ahead for Power BI & SharePoint blog post, and do a deep dive on the Power BI Desktop update for July.
For show notes please visit www.bifocal.show2018-07-2733 min