Quickly get Dynamics 365 data in to Power BI for Q&A

The Q&A feature in Power BI is great as it let's users ask natural questions about your data and it will generate visuals and lists to answer those questions. Of course, there's an assumption that Power BI has a data model that uses the same terminology as the user asking, and that the required data …

Use Color Codes from Option Sets in both Dynamics 365 charts and Power BI

Option Sets in Dynamics 365 has a setting for each value to specify a color code. This color code is used in the new Unified Interface in the entity specific dashboards. This is a welcome addition as it makes it more easy to persist colors to a specific value and have it be consistent throughout …

Power Query Builder update for XrmToolBox. Create links to Dynamics 365, and handle tables with no records retrieved

We have added some updates to the Power Query (M) Builder for the XrmToolBox. Video is at the bottom of this post. There are 3 main new features: Automatically generate links back to the Dynamics 365 record Generate an empty table when no records are retrieved Use all-attributes in the FetchXML Automatically generate link to …

Power Query Builder updated – now supports FetchXML to get your Dynamics 365 Views into Power BI

The latest version of the Power Query (M) Builder for the XrmToolBox has been updated and it now supports FetchXML. Used for creating data models for Dynamics 365 in Power BI, the Power Query (M) Builder accelerates the development of the Power Query (M) code, that retrieves the records, change column names and their data …