https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/tags/power-bi/Recent content in Power BI on Ahead of the AIHugoen-USMon, 22 Jun 2026 11:48:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/rayfin-the-missing-mechanic-to-get-your-car-on-the-podium/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:48:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/rayfin-the-missing-mechanic-to-get-your-car-on-the-podium/Imagine you’ve hired the most talented driver in Formula 1. He’s fast, intuitive, and can get the most out of any car. But when he gets to the starting grid, the vehicle you handed him is a prototype with no…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/fabric-iq-the-end-of-the-tower-of-babel-in-enterprise-data/Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/fabric-iq-the-end-of-the-tower-of-babel-in-enterprise-data/For years, the data world chased the dream of a “single source of truth”. In practice, however, what many companies built was a real Tower of Babel. Every department, every team, every analyst…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-power-platform-the-easter-egg-of-low-code-technology/Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-power-platform-the-easter-egg-of-low-code-technology/Remember Super Mario Bros.? That feeling of starting small, slowly uncovering the game’s secrets, and leveling up until you completely master the universe? Digital transformation in companies follows a very…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/la-traviata-of-data-how-fabric-failed-to-win-the-market/Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:21:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/la-traviata-of-data-how-fabric-failed-to-win-the-market/In May 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft Fabric as a revolutionary solution to unify every analytical workload on a single platform. The promise was ambitious: lakehouse, data warehouse…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/planning-perfect-barbecue-microsoft-fabric-sku-estimator/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/planning-perfect-barbecue-microsoft-fabric-sku-estimator/I was thinking about how to explain the Microsoft Fabric SKU Estimator in a simple way, and the age-old art of the Brazilian churrasco came to mind. Yes, because anyone who has ever hosted a barbecue knows there is a very…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/streaming-in-microsoft-fabric-the-production-line-of-the-future/Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:06:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/streaming-in-microsoft-fabric-the-production-line-of-the-future/Picture a modern production line where products are manufactured in real time, without interruption. Now swap the products for data, and you’ll have an idea of what data streaming is. Welcome to the factory…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/dbt-the-personal-trainer-that-turns-your-data-into-elite-athletes/Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:46:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/dbt-the-personal-trainer-that-turns-your-data-into-elite-athletes/Imagine your data is like a couch potato who decided to get in shape. DBT (Data Build Tool) is the personal trainer who takes that data, builds the right workout plan (SQL transformations) and takes it to a new…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-fabric-pause-resume-scale-capacity-with-data-factory-pipeline/Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-fabric-pause-resume-scale-capacity-with-data-factory-pipeline/There are several ways to pause, resume, or scale a Microsoft Fabric Capacity. Note that this applies only to F-SKUs in Azure, since Premium Capacity (P-SKU) can only be scaled.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/integrating-azure-databricks-and-microsoft-fabric-part-4-v-order/Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:55:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/integrating-azure-databricks-and-microsoft-fabric-part-4-v-order/We’ve reached the end of the “Integrating Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric” series. Throughout this journey, we explored how these two powerful tools can be combined to optimize data analytics processes…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/integrating-azure-databricks-and-microsoft-fabric-part-2-reporting-layer/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:18:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/integrating-azure-databricks-and-microsoft-fabric-part-2-reporting-layer/Disclaimer: this article reflects my personal experiences and views, not an official position of Microsoft Fabric or Databricks.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/best-practices-for-using-data-fabric-workspaces-with-git/Mon, 20 May 2024 16:55:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/best-practices-for-using-data-fabric-workspaces-with-git/Effective management of data pipelines is key to ensuring continuous development, testing, and deployment processes. Integrating Git with Microsoft Fabric workspaces offers a…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/hands-on-with-microsoft-fabric-a-beginners-guide-part-1/Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/hands-on-with-microsoft-fabric-a-beginners-guide-part-1/Traditional large-scale data analytics solutions rely on data warehouses and SQL queries to store and retrieve data. However, the rise of big data, characterized by large #volumes …https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-synapse-analytics-vs-microsoft-fabric-another-migration-project/Tue, 30 May 2023 17:44:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-synapse-analytics-vs-microsoft-fabric-another-migration-project/In May 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft Fabric. This new solution extends the integration promise made in Azure Synapse Analytics to cover every analytics workload, and it can be used…