As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

PowerQuery is a powerful tool in Excel that allows you to import, clean, and analyze data from various sources. One of the key features of PowerQuery is its ability to refresh data automatically, ...

Have you ever spent hours wrestling with messy spreadsheets, trying to clean up data that just won’t cooperate? Or maybe you’ve found yourself manually merging files, painstakingly copying and pasting ...

Google hasn’t done a full cannonball into the large language model (LLM) pool, but they’re definitely in the water. On May 20, Google launched AI Mode to all U.S. searchers, marking its most ...

A headless data architecture means no longer having to coordinate multiple copies of data and being free to use whatever processing or query engine is most suitable for the job. Here’s how it works.

Many Web applications exist to provide access to copious amounts of data stored in a relational database, but what’s the easiest way to enable users to search through that data and find what they need ...

Have you ever felt like your Excel skills hit a ceiling, no matter how many pivot tables you create? You’re not alone. While standard pivot tables are a reliable tool for summarizing data, they often ...