Author: James Fancke

A hierarchy is a concept where related items are represented as being above, below, or at the same level as each other.

Some examples of hierarchies include:

• Organisation charts with different levels of managers and employees;
• Calendars with dates organized in years, months, and days;
• Products arranged into different classes, groups, or brands; and
• Bills of material grouped into sub assemblies, kits, and components.

Each of these hierarchies include “parent” members and “child” members beneath them, and serve as a way of organizing information into different levels. Continue reading “Hierarchies #1: Introduction to hierarchies in Analysis Services and Power BI”

This is a follow up to my post exploring KPIs within Analysis Services. You may want to read that post first as it provides an introduction to KPIs.

I received some feedback from Daniel Otykier (author of Tabular Editor) regarding my last post and it inspired me to dive deeper into how KPIs are handled within Analysis Services, how you can create them using Tabular Editor, as well as their implementation within Power BI.

Continue reading “KPIs #2: Developing KPIs in Power BI and Analysis Services using Tabular Editor”

KPIs, or Key Performance Indicators, are a common way to gauge performance against a set of objectives, and are an integral part of performance management.

Without getting too deep in jargon, the fundamental idea behind a KPI is that you are comparing some known measure against a target, and then grading the comparison.

Continue reading “KPIs #1: KPI usage in Analysis Services, Excel Power Pivot, and Power BI 🚦”