https://www.data-nova.io/ Power BI and Microsoft Fabric writing by Prathy Kamasani. en-gb https://www.data-nova.io/post/make-semantic-model-copilot-ready https://www.data-nova.io/post/make-semantic-model-copilot-ready A small open-source toolkit for making Microsoft Fabric semantic models Copilot-ready, rule-based descriptions, synonyms, safe renames, no AI calls. Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:26:43 GMT Microsoft Fabric AI & Automation Power BI https://www.data-nova.io/post/add-descriptions-synonyms-semantic-model https://www.data-nova.io/post/add-descriptions-synonyms-semantic-model A rule-based generator that adds plain-English descriptions and synonyms to a Microsoft Fabric semantic model, safe, reviewable, and Copilot-ready in an afternoon. 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Sempy, a Python library unique… Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:42:09 GMT Power BI Semantic Link Python https://www.data-nova.io/post/document-your-microsoft-fabric-or-power-bi-workspaces-with-semantic-link-labs https://www.data-nova.io/post/document-your-microsoft-fabric-or-power-bi-workspaces-with-semantic-link-labs Documentation is a critical and tedious part of every project. However, it is essential to review existing developments or document new… Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:00:14 GMT Microsoft Fabric Power BI Microsoft Fabric Power BI https://www.data-nova.io/post/march-madness-with-conferences https://www.data-nova.io/post/march-madness-with-conferences Can you believe how amazing and hectic March has been?! 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Nicely formatted and very… Tue, 06 Nov 2018 14:38:44 GMT Power BI REST API https://www.data-nova.io/post/powerapps-and-sharepoint-list-identify-which-detail-item-has-already-been-updated-in-powerapps https://www.data-nova.io/post/powerapps-and-sharepoint-list-identify-which-detail-item-has-already-been-updated-in-powerapps In one of my recent project, I did a fair bit of PowerApps. PowerApps was the front end, Share point list… Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:04:25 GMT Power BI https://www.data-nova.io/post/dynamic-period-variance-with-dax-in-powerbi https://www.data-nova.io/post/dynamic-period-variance-with-dax-in-powerbi One of those days where I spent a reasonable amount of time trying to solve a tricky DAX expression and once… Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:26:44 GMT Power BI SQL REST API https://www.data-nova.io/post/list-repeat-in-powerquery-to-duplicate-rows https://www.data-nova.io/post/list-repeat-in-powerquery-to-duplicate-rows Another quick, more of “Note to self” blog post. 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Datasource I was working with was a SharePoint list, working with SharePoint lists always… Thu, 01 Feb 2018 11:38:30 GMT SQL REST API https://www.data-nova.io/post/power-bi-template-to-document-the-power-bi-service https://www.data-nova.io/post/power-bi-template-to-document-the-power-bi-service Back in September, I promised I would write another blog post with a beautiful looking Power BI template. Even though I… Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:53:52 GMT Power BI REST API https://www.data-nova.io/post/how-i-designed-power-bi-template-to-document-the-power-bi-service https://www.data-nova.io/post/how-i-designed-power-bi-template-to-document-the-power-bi-service When it comes to writing, I have the least trust in my writing skills. 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