Explicit Measures Podcast
Episodes
488: Fabric Gift Exchange
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
it is that time of year - the fabric gift exchange.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips](h...
487: The Intelligence Developer
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into the concept of the "Intelligence Developer," exploring whether this new role is emerging from shifts in Microsoft Fabric IQ and...
486: Backward Ontology
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into "Backward Ontology," exploring whether Fabric IQ can facilitate a bottom-up approach to defining enterprise semantics. They dis...
485: 1-Click Notebooks For Semantic Models
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into 1-Click Notebooks, exploring how to start using them and the various customizations available. They discuss why these notebooks...
484: Data Governance in the Age of Fabric IQ
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into "Data Governance in the Age of Fabric IQ," exploring whether Fabric IQ is truly the missing link for effective data governance ...
483: Let’s Talk Semantic Modeling on the Web
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into semantic modeling on the web, exploring whether this new feature signals the decline of Power BI Desktop and discussing the imp...
482: Microsoft Ignite & Fabric IQ
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into the AMAZING new features and incredible impact they will have on businesses and our careers. First half is AI then we dive ...
481: From Fragmented Models to Unified Semantics
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy explore from fragmented import models to unified Fabric semantics, examining how to lead cultural change when teams resist moving fro...
480: Kill Your Data Team - Why Product Teams Should Own Data
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy tackle the controversial idea of killing your data team, questioning whether centralized BI teams have become expensive bottlenecks, ...
479: Mailbag! Tracking App Usage at Scale
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into tracking app usage at scale, exploring how education consultants can monitor dashboard engagement across 70 school districts an...
478: MAILBAG! Untangling Workspace, Branching, and Artifact Chaos
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy untangle workspace, branching, and artifact chaos, exploring how to organize Fabric environments amid conflicting advice from Microso...
477: Mailbag! Start With Why
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Tommy go through another great mailbag:I just finished listening to Adopting Copilot Standalone for Power BI - Ep.428. You may have addressed...
476: New Feature Announcement - Semantic Bridge
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy explore the new Tabular Editor feature Semantic Bridge, investigating how this technology bridges the gap between different semantic ...
475: Source Control in BI - Necessary, Painful, or Both?
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy tackle source control in BI, exploring whether serialization formats like database.json and TMDL solve more problems than they create...
474: Modeling Without the Keyboard
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into TMDL, Tabular Editor, and AI automation for semantic modeling, questioning why typing less gets so much attention when it&#...
473: DevEx for Pros - UDFs, TI, and the Tools That Stick
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy unpack developer experience for Power BI pros, exploring how UDFs, enhanced time intelligence, and specialized tools transform data m...
472: Getting Started with Real Time Intelligence
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy break down Real Time Intelligence in Fabric, exploring what Power BI pros need to know to get started with this feature, and how to b...
471: Data Modeling in Event Driven Architectures
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into Data Modeling in Event-Driven Architectures, exploring how Power BI skills apply to Real-Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric...
470: Measure Total Shenanigans
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy finally weigh in on the measure total debate that's been heating up online, exploring why totals don't add up as expected, wh...
469: PBIX or PBIP?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy debate the new Power BI Project (PBIP) format, questioning whether source control and Git integration are worth the added complexity,...
468: Action Systems & AI Applications
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Microsoft's Chris Schimdt on utilizing real time with actual applications in and outside Microsoft Fabric.Get in to...
467: What Is Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy explore Real-Time Intelligence in Microsoft Fabric, questioning whether event-driven analytics is a genuine business need or just tec...
466: Data Agents & Semantic Models
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive more into Data Agents... but are Semantic Models the preferred data source?Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you wan...
465: Mailbag! More Email Subscription Use Cases
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy have another great mailbag from YOU on utilizing Power BI subscriptions being proactive and efficient. Get in touch:Send in your ques...
464: Is Microsoft Fabric Actually Business Intelligence?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wow! we have a doozy of an episode today. Mike & Tommy ask the question if Microsoft Fabric the evolution of business intelligence or something di...
463: The Impact of User Defined Functions in DAX
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are talking about the buzz! Mike and Tommy wrap their heads around User Defined Functions (UDFs) in DAX and what implementation looks like. Get in ...
462: Microsoft Fabric Feature Pyramid
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy rank the BEST features in the Microsoft Data Platform, from level 1 the TOP to what is essential to what they do. Get in touch:Send i...
461: FabCon Vienna Draft!
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into the major updates from FabCon Vienna and what it means for Power BI & Microsoft Fabric users alike.https://blog.fabric....
460: Mailbag! Composite Models vs Reusable Datasets: Are We Sending Mixed Messages?
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy go through a great mailbag question on composite models and reusable models, along with how this changes in Fabric.Whoa! I think I...
459: Initial Impressions of Data Agents
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy give their thoughts on the state of Microsoft Fabric Data Agents.https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/blog/new-in-fabric-data-agent-data...
458: The Fabric Magic Wand
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie joins Mike and Tommy to talk about those "magic wand" moments everyone experiences while working with Power BI. After polling soci...
457: Planning Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Stephanie once again diving into the gotchas of the new Microsoft Fabric Capacity SKUs, how rolling it out differs than...
456: Rolling Out & Managing Accessibility; - Adoption & Methods
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy & Mike are joined by Stephanie Bruno tackling how to provide Accessibility in Power BI to your organization.Get in touch:Send in your questi...
455: What & Why is Power BI Accessibility?
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Stephanie Bruno as we shed light to what to cover in Power BI accessible reporting, creating a checklist, and what to b...
454: Looking at the Data Warehouse Roadmap
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schact at Microsoft to review what is new & upcoming in the Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouse. Get in touch:Send...
453: Creature Comforts of Data Warehouse
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schacht on the Data Warehouse team for Microsoft to dive into how to get eased and comfortable with the Warehouse ...
452: Mailbag! Calculation Groups in Practice
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy discuss a mailbag all around the use cases for Calculation Groups, how often they use them, and how essential they are to reporting. ...
451: Lets Talk SQL & New Features
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the major and new updates coming with the SQL Analytics Endpoint, how much should this shift our cognitive model on what SQL Endpoints mean for t...
450: The End of Line for Datamarts
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike, Seth, & Brad talk about the retirement of Datamarts in October and preparing for the new focus.https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/unify-data...
449: Lakehouse or Warehouse?
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Brad Schacht on the Microsoft team to see if they could get to the bottom of the issue of Lakehouses vs Warehouse.Get i...
448: The Easier the Worse It is? Simple UI & Gotchas
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy break down the balance between having nice, easy UI in Fabric for complex features. Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you...
447: Translytical Is So Much More
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy unbox the new Translytical Task Flows in Microsoft Fabric and debunk what they are, and what they are not. They are more than writeba...
446: AI In Power BI - Are We Now Ready?
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into another great article on SQLBI by Kurt Buhler and discuss what is our current state of AI, implementation for creators and ...
445: The Evolution & Future of the Analyst
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy reflect once more (last time we promise!) how navigating the waters in the data space as never been more important. sk-IOxHzsjuLZGT3o...
444: Mailbag! Optimal Power Bi Architecture in the Fabric Era
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through a GREAT question by one of our listeners on what to do with Power BI & Fabric development.In the Pre-Fabric era, as f...
443: Mailbag! Future-Proofing Excel - Dashboards to Power BI
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy have a great conversation on how do we still build for Excel? Thanks for the mailbag!I’m building Excel sheets for my company to us...
442: What's Up with DAX?
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy review the relevance of DAX in the age of Fabric. Is it still #1 in Power Rankings??Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you...
441: What Is Your Numeracy?
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy talk about requirements for the business to understand their numbers.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to dis...
440: A Reflection of 10 Years of Power BI
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy look back at working in Microsoft Power BI for over a decade. Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by...
439: Microsoft Fabric June 2025 Feature Draft
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through some of the major updates from the June 2025 updates and pick their favorites.Get in touch:Send in your questions or top...
438: Mailbag! Who Owns the Connection? Managing and Chaos in Fabric Pieplines
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through another great mailbag question around how to get a handle on Fabric Data Connections and working with your team.Get in to...
437: Mailbag! Small Business with Power BI & Fabric
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through a great mailbag question on how do you deal with organizations not willing to take the plunge to Fabric. Get in touch:Sen...
436: Deep Dive on CI/CD Branching Strategies
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined one last time by Mathias as they talk technical process and strategy.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you wan...
435: DataOps is the Future of Power BI Teams
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Mathias as they take on a hot take about if Data Ops is the future of BI Teams.Get in touch:Send in your questions or t...
434: Top Down & Bottom Up for DevOps
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined again by Mathias as they talk about running through approaches to getting DevOps started right.Get in touch:Send in your q...
433: DevOps & You (and Your Team) (And Your Data)
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Mathias Thierbach to talk about the heck is Data Ops.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discu...
432: Mailbag! We Just Want to View Reports
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into a great mailbag from a listener on simplifying the report viewing experience. Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics...
431: What's New in Microsoft Fabric CI/CD
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through the latest developments with Git, CI/CD, and Data Ops at Microsoft Build 2025.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topi...
430: Build for Reports or Build for AI?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy talk about the updates to Copilot and where do Semantic Model fit in.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to dis...
429: Shortcut Mania! All the Use Cases of Fabric Shortcuts
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy break down all the major new updates to Microsoft Fabric Shortcuts from Build and how workflows and process are changing because of i...
428: Unpacking Copilot Standalone for Power BI
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy digest the new Copilot standalone feature in Power BI service and what a potential rollout looks like. Get in touch:Send in your ques...
427: What Microsoft Build 2025 Means for You
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy break down the incredible announcements at Microsoft Build 2025 around Power BI & Microsoft Fabric and the potential implications...
426: Introducing Advanced Analytics to Organizations
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy argue how to get organizations from bar charts to line charts to more "advanced analytics". Get in touch:Send in your quest...
425: Are We Still Self Service Or Drifting Back to Corporate BI?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into with all the tools and features in Microsoft Fabric, will Self Service still be a thing? Props to Marco Russo & Rui Rom...
424: TMDL & VSCode
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy discuss their best use cases of TMDL, Semantic Models, and VS Code.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discu...
423: Tools in Power BI
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive through a great article by SQLBI and Kurt Buhler on all the tools you can use outside of just Power BI.https://www.sqlbi.com/art...
422: Max Performance in Power Query
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by the one and only Alex Powers again as they dive into getting the most bang for your buck in Power Query / Dataflows.Get...
421: Power Query with Mr. Powers - Skills to Know & Learn
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by the guru of the data GUI, Alex Powers! This is a head first dive into what SHOULD you know in Power Query, how far do y...
420: Microsoft Fabric Half-Baked Ideas
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through what they consider current "Half-Baked" ideas in Microsoft Fabric & Power BI and what they would do to finish the job...
419: Do We Design Lakehouses Differently Now?
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy consider if the advent of Semantic Modeling changes in Power BI & Microsoft Fabric should force us to change the way we design La...
418: What Does Education Look Like for a Data Scientist in the Age of Fabric?
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined on an episode with Ginger Grant as we conclude our series on Fabric & Data Science - does AI, Fabric, and fast moving ...
417: Is Now The Time for Data Scientists to Switch to Fabric?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant to dive into how do we get Data Scientists into the Fabric playground.Get in touch:Send in your questions ...
416: How Much should Data Scientists Care about Power BI?
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined again by Ginger Grant talking about the world of Data Science & Power BI, and can the worlds collide? First half is ab...
415: The Future of Data Science In Microsoft Fabric
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy are joined by Ginger Grant on diving into how integrated Data Science with Fabric, and where the gaps still are. Get in touch:Send in...
414: DAX and Semantic Models at FabCon
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into a a great article by Marco Russo about what the future of DAX and Semantic Models after the FabCon announcements. https://w...
413: FabCon Rundown 2025
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy try to run through all of the major announcements at the Fabric Conference in Las Vegas and making sense of it all.Get in touch:Send ...
412: Giving People Their Data - Subscriptions?
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through the relevance of Email Subscriptions and if they are still a great resource for organizations. Get in touch:Send in your ...
411: Data Contracts & Microsoft Fabric
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI...
410: Applying Agile Development in Power BI
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy discuss successes and traps for applying development processes to Business Intelligence.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics...
409: Mailbag! Selling a Google Shop Company Power BI
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & dive through a great question on how to sell a Google Data StuTommydio (& Others) on Power BI.how can we sell PBI to a google shop comp...
408: The Fabric Toolbox Deep Dive
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through the Fabric Toolbox on GitHub. https://daxnoob.blog/2025/03/03/fabric-tools-dax-performance-testing/Get in touch:Send in y...
407: Pie Charts Are Not The End Of The World
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike and Tommy dive through another stellar article by Kurt Buhler on the argument for and against pie charts.1https://www.sqlbi.com/articles/using-pi...
406: If I was Arun Ulag; Spending $100 on Fabric
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI...
405: Naming Conventions in Microsoft Fabric
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI...
404: MAILBAG! Managing Multiple Datasets in Power BI
08 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy go through a question from our mailbag on how to manage multiple datasets in Power BI. Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics ...
403: Discussing Composite Models In Power BI (Again)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where do composite models fit in Power BI with the introduction of Fabric and the growth of Managed Self Service? Mike & Tommy dive in to the stat...
402: Mailbag! Poor Data Culture & Citizen Developer
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy answer a great mailbag question on what it means to be a Citizen Developer in an organization with a low Data Culture.Get in touch:Se...
401: SQL Databases in Fabric - What, When, How?
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy dive into an amazing article by Data Mozart on SQL Databases:https://data-mozart.com/fabric-sql-database-what-why-and-how/Get in touc...
400: (400!) - Fabric Decision Guide - Choose a Data Store
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy reflect on 400 episodes and 4 years of Power BI, and dive into the best path forward for where to store your data. https://learn.micr...
399: Dataflows Gen 1 vs. Microsoft Fabric SQL
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the onset of Microsoft Fabric SQL Databases, where do we put our Reference tables?Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to di...
398: When Are We Using Semantic Modeling in the Service?
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy have a heated debate on when to choose modeling our Semantic Models in the Service over other methods. Edit data models in servicehtt...
397: Semantic Link Labs & Updates
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through major updates with semantic link labs and where to use it.Get in touch:Send in your questions or topics you want us to di...
395: Microsoft Fabric January 2025 Draft
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
396: Macros or TMDL? Power BI's new Code vs. C# Scripting
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy consider the current state of automation and enterprise level tooling and if they can live together. Get in touch: Send in your ques...
394: MAILBAG! Where Are All the Microsoft Job Listings?
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You guys have been on point with sending us mailbag topics / questions! Keep it up! Mike & Tommy unpack a great mailbag on the state of the indu...
393: Unpacking the new Copilot Capacity in Microsoft Fabric
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through the new release of Microsoft Fabric Copilot Capacity .... can you use it? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics ...
392: MAILBAG! Is Fabric Too Complex or Is it Too Simple?
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy go over an awesome mailbag question... Is Microsoft Fabric too simple for Engineers but too complex for analysts? Moreover, should Po...
391: MAILBAG! Only the Bronze Layer?
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy run through an awesome mailbag question focused on what if we only did bronze in Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questio...
390: January 2025 Desktop Draft!
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike & Tommy make a Draft for the major January 2025 Power BI Desktop updates. https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-january-2025-fea...
389: Azure AI Foundry & Microsoft Fabric
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the ability to connect to Azure AI Foundry & Microsoft Fabric, the ability to connect your data has never been easier. What are the implicati...