I use ZoomIt a lot in my Power BI presentations, but when I record video with a pen tablet or touchscreen, I can do more. So Alberto Ferrari and I wrote this tool that better suits our needs. Power BI is just where the need started; the tool can demo anything else.

SQLBI Whiteboard is a native Windows 11 whiteboard application that supports pressure-aware pen ink, and the bit in the video: LiveView captures any running window onto the canvas (also when the window is not visible - it just doesn't have to be minimized). If you want, you can freeze a report mid-demo and annotate it, but you can annotate it "live". It also has DAX and SQL text containers with syntax highlighting and code formatting (F6).

The app is free and open source (MIT license), without any paid tiers.

Site with downloads and documentation: https://whiteboard.sqlbi.com
Windows Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NN5N0L2TMTF
Source code: https://github.com/sql-bi/SQLBI-Whiteboard

Happy to answer anything. If it breaks, tell me on GitHub Issues (better) or here, of course!

LiveView in SQLBI Whiteboard

Made a completely unnecessary Christmas upgrade for Power BI 😂 one of those can i actually do this moments.

50 animated red/green lights using a DAX-generated HTML/CSS visual. No refresh needed — CSS handles the blinking.

Completely useless. 10/10 would deploy to production. 🎄

Just get a html viz like HTML Content (lite), then create a measure and put it in the viz.

ChristmasLights = 
VAR Lights =
    CONCATENATEX(
        GENERATESERIES(1, 50, 1),
        VAR N = [Value]
        VAR Color =
            IF(
                MOD(N, 2) = 0,
                "lime",
                "red"
            )
        VAR Delay =
            FORMAT(MOD(N, 10) * 0.1, "0.0")
        RETURN
            "<span class='light'
                style='background:" & Color & ";
                       animation-delay:" & Delay & "s;'>
             </span>",
        ""
    )


RETURN
"
<style>


.lights {
    display:flex;
    flex-wrap:nowrap;
    width:100%;
    justify-content:space-between;
    align-items:center;


    /* MOVE THE WHOLE ROW DOWN */
    transform:translateY(6px);
}


.light {
    width:16px;
    height:16px;
    border-radius:50%;
    display:inline-block;


    animation:christmasBlink 1s infinite alternate;


    box-shadow:
        0 0 5px currentColor,
        0 0 10px currentColor;
}


u/keyframes christmasBlink {
    0% {
        opacity:1;
        transform:scale(1);
    }


    100% {
        opacity:0.20;
        transform:scale(0.75);
    }
}


</style>


<div class='lights'>
" & Lights & "
</div>
"

Hello, a colleague of mine created a Microsoft Forms survey and has responses he needs inputted into a Power BI dashboard. The Forms data is currently saved to his local computer. I asked him to move the file to a Sharepoint so Power Bi can access it via the web - which he did, but the Forms survey automatically keeps saving a new file to his machine when we disconnect the workbook, and new data go there instead.

I don't have power automate license either. Is there any way to get the forms data directly into power bi that I'm missing? Sorry for my ignorance on this topic.

Top suggestion in MeasureKiller is "reduce number of calculated columns" and i have no idea what to do. last time i simply disabled the auto date/time setting it broke stuff. people use date hierarchies. im a data engineer so im not a report builder but its my responsibility to fix this stuff sadly. any advice or links to articles would be great. ive never been able to find anything on this. Thanks.

Hey folks, if you have done anything with AI, you have probably run into markdown. In this article we explain how it works, recommend shipping it with your PBIP, and compare to other file types you'll find in a PBIP folder.
https://tabulareditor.com/blog/markdown-and-ai-context-for-beginners

Yesterday and today my team ran into this error when deploying through the pipeline an update with a join change. Has anyone run into this?

Backend Error Import Failure: Alm InvalidRequest PurgeRequired.

We ended up deleting the data in these datasets (using Tabular Editor) in PRD workspace to be able to do the deployment but we could only do that since these were smaller datasets.

Does anyone know if this is the new norm for deploying join changes or what should have we done to avoid this?

Live report link in comments. Let me know your thoughts...

I tried to do the official training (and then gave up) a few years ago. I remember there were some sections where you'd use Powеr BI on a remote desktop to do some of the practical exercises.

Now that I am looking for work, I am thinking of doing the training and then signing up for the exam to help my job prospects. (Although I have experience with Power BI, I now have a career gap of a few years and it's been very difficult to find anyone to even glance at my CV).

However, I only have access to a chromebook. Would the course work fine with it, or do I need to use the Windows machines at my local library?

Thank you

This whole Power BI licensing thing is very confusing. I'm too scared to try out Fabric because it's based on usage and I don't want to explain to my boss why we owe Microsoft thousands of dollars because one of my data engineers did something wrong.

I want to ditch Dataflows Gen1 because they are a pain but I have to decide, do I create something using python to extract the data from 35+ servers and store the data centrally and have PBI point to that central database (postgresql) or can I use PPU for a service account, use Dataflows Gen2 and create reports that point to semantic models in a PPU workspace?

Note we have over 40 Pro license users. We will probably get more, but there is slim to no chance of upgrading all 40 Pro Users to PPU.

Hello, I am looking for YT video or videos about creating and populating matrix tables where source data are excel spreadsheets, I need to consume content about creating sub measurements, counting total values based on column filtering, custom row sorting, etc

Much appreciate your inputs

hi there,

the problem is on ipad, pbris application. The user tries to set the parameter: PBRIS alternative rendering, make it ON. When user closes the parametres, the settings are getting immediately lost.

Version PBRIS: 38.2. IOS 26.5 ( without that option after this update the user cant see any report). we tried hard reset, reinstall the application - nothing helps.

Hello

Can you guys help me find a good Power Bi course on coursera , I don't want it to be Excel oriented, I want it to teach me more about connecting, retrieving and visualizing Data from SQL databases.

Thank you in advance.

r/PowerBi

Hi, why do two colleagues have two different update types? Both using fabric with almost same Views.

Hola, una pregunta. Estoy aprendiendo SQL y DAX, pero todavía no termino de entender cuándo se utiliza uno y cuándo el otro.
Disculpen si la pregunta es un poco básica/tonta, pero no logro entender bien en qué situaciones conviene usar SQL y en cuáles DAX, ya que para analizar datos se pueden hacer cosas bastante similares con ambos (eso creo yo, no digo que sea asi jaja)

Fala Pessoal! Desenvolvi esse Dashboard para acompanhamento do Contas a Pagar no Power BI!

A intenção seria controlar as contas, vencimentos e status, pra garantir o cumprimento dos prazos e evitar multas.

Gostaria das opiniões e feedbacks de vocês.

So we have a power bi report on service. It refreshed fine for a few hours. After maybe 3 hours it starts a refresh it'll never finish. If I press cancel then the status of that refresh is 'cancelling' but it never does. It keeps the refresh spinning wheel. And since it's stopped refreshing we can't overwrite it with a desktop version.

Then after 5 hours PowerBI will time it out and it'll refresh again fine for a few hours then do it again

I can't find any info on this. It refreshes fine on desktop

And we never get an error message as it's constantly refreshing

Has anyone had this before?

Hello PBI developer here, business users keep asking for lists in their inbox on a schedule rather than dashboards, AR aging, daily results, as Excel or PDF. Report Builder works but I find it painful. I've looked at browser-authored paginated reports with subscriptions, Power Automate, and generating the file in a notebook.

What are you actually running for this, and what would you not do again?

how did you prepare for it and what resources did you use? do you think it is an easy exam?

¡Hola comunidad de Power BI!

Acabo de subir un primer tutorial a YouTube donde explico paso a paso cómo crear y personalizar un tooltip en Power BI. Estoy trabajando en mejorar la creación de contenido, para poder seguir creciendo como profesional y trabajar en mi marca personal. Es un desafío que espero que esta comunidad me acompañe y apoye!

Me da verguenza, pero todo sea por el crecimiento!!!

Me encantaría saber cómo ustedes usan los tooltips en sus proyectos, y feedback del video.

Esto es solo el comienzo. Acompañenme!

u/MANUDATATECH

Same as title

Hi all,

I vaguely remember Microsoft having a dynamic column header feature for the Matrix visual on their roadmap at some point (possibly tied to the "modern visuals" rollout) - but I might be misremembering or conflating it with something else. Wanted to check with the community again.

My use case: I have a report with a top-level filter for Department and Year-Week. Below that, a Matrix combines several KPIs, structured roughly like this:

• Target
• Budget
• KPI 1
• KPI 2
  • KPI 2 (1 week before)
  • KPI 2 (2 weeks before)
• KPI 3
• KPI 4
• etc.

Because of how these metrics behave, some of them only make sense in context - I need to show 2-3 prior data points alongside the current one to actually judge whether something is on track. Ideally the column header would combine the KPI name and the relevant week (e.g. "KPI 3 - Wk 32") so it's self-explanatory without extra legends.

Question: Is there now (or still not) a native way to make Matrix column headers dynamic based on measure names/selections?

Salutare! Știu că Power BI singur nu este suficient pentru a-ți găsi un job în domeniul datelor. Din perspectiva voastră, mai merită să investesc acum timp și bani într-un curs de Power BI, având în vedere cât de repede evoluează AI? Sau ar fi mai bine să mă concentrez direct pe SQL, Python și alte skill-uri care vor fi mai greu de automatizat?