Analyst in Action

Tabular Editor (TE), I have heard this name before. Yes, you probably had it if you work closely with Power BI, then Tabular Editor (TE)is the parallel lead to your PBIX reports. If you haven't explored Tabular Editor (TE), then this blog is for you. With this blog, we will give you all the basic use cases that get ignored in Power BI, but with TE, you can do it seamlessly. There are tons of articles and videos explaining the UI of TE, so we won't be touching it. We will be focusing on different use cases that I normally do with all my Power BI reports. First things first, we will be focusing on the TE version 2 since it's a free tool. You can also opt for version 3, which is a much-improved version than version 2, but I would recommend starting with version 2 and seeing if it suits your needs. Version 3 is a paid version. To download TE Version 2 from this very well known git hub page . Also, do check a small comparison done between the two versions on the TE official webs...

Do you want to save tons of efforts to check if your data model and PBIX file follows the standard best practices and norms? Then this blog is for you. If you are a follower of our channel we already deep dive into the importance of the DAX Studio as an external tool. If you are a beginner I would highly recommend to visit this blog . In today's blog we will check how Tabular Editor can help to optimize the data model.  Best Practice Analyser allows to define or import best practices. It will make sure that we do not violate the best practices while developing a dashboard. Isn't it exciting!! Before we start make sure you already have Tabular Editor version 2.24.1 installed on your system. To install it do visit this link and select the link for windows installer. Once Tabular Editor is installed it will reflect in your PBIX file under external tool. Also, we need to define the standard rules. To do so in your advanced scripting or C# script copy this and save it via Ctrl+S. An...