Last Friday, I took the stage at the Power BI Ticino Conference to share one of my favorite projects at Acer: our Power BI Champions program. The idea? Find Early Adopters (people who have a curious approach towards new technologies) and put them on the front line to help us promote Power BI and …

“How does this MEASURE/COLUMN work?” This is one of the most frequent requests I was receiving. And it’s easy to see why. In complex Power BI models, users often struggle to understand the meaning of specific measures or columns. This is especially true for ambiguous names like …

There’s quite a bit of confusion swirling around about how Power BI reports gather data. Where is the data actually stored? How frequently does it refresh? Depending on the mode you’ve selected, this question can be a bit tricky to tackle. Let’s simplify things a bit. In this …

Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending Data Saturdays #37 at Parma, an event series focused on Microsoft data platform technologies. Covering AI, Database, Business Intelligence, and Cloud, the event promised insights from top experts in Italy (and beyond). Of course, I wrote down (almost) …

I want to express my gratitude for the positive feedbacks I received a few months ago when I used Google Maps data to determine the best times for the daily commute. TL;DR: Mondays are the best, while Wednesdays, and early Fridays are the trickiest times to hit the road. However, the neatness of …

If you are into Data Engineering in Microsoft Azure Cloud Environment, you probaly heard about Microsoft Fabric being announced last week at the yearly event Microsoft Build. Well, “heard” is quite an euphesmism: everyone in the field is extremely excited about the announcements of the …