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Reza Rad
#PowerBI, #MicrosoftFabric & #AI Tips
Helping you to utilize Data & AI
Author, Speaker & Consultant
Microsoft Regional Director & MVP

Everything about Power BI Date/Calendar Table πŸ“… Everything about Power BI Date/Calendar Table πŸ“…

New video is live now! Default Date table vs "Mark as Date Table" vs "Calendar Options", pros, cons, and live YTD + Fiscal YTD demos.

Watch: https://youtu.be/B3AnYAO5CF0

#PowerBI #DAX #TimeIntelligence #DateTable #MicrosoftFabric #PowerBITips #DataModeling #FiscalYear #YearToDate #LearnDAX #PowerBICommunity #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #MicrosoftMVP #RADACAD
How to Get Started with Public Speaking (Start Sma How to Get Started with Public Speaking (Start Small, Build From There) 🎀

New video: how to actually start with public speaking, small groups, colleagues, user groups, before anything bigger.

#PublicSpeaking #CareerGrowth #PresentationSkills #CommunicationSkills #CareerAdvice #SoftSkills #UserGroups #ProfessionalDevelopment #Leadership #CareerTips #TechCareer #DataCareer #GrowthMindset #CareerSuccess #RADACAD
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Hi, I'm Reza πŸ‘‹ I am based in New Zealand. But Hi, I'm Reza πŸ‘‹

I am based in New Zealand.

But wait, I am outside of New Zealand most of the time. Unfortunately missing this beautiful scenery more often than I would like.

I speak at many conferences and teach everyone how to utilize Data and AI. Traveling isn't the life I chose out of comfort, it has its perks, but it also comes with real side effects. I don't mind it though, if I can make life a little better for people this way.

The hardest part is never the travel itself. It is managing the YouTube channel, working with customers, meetings across timezones, and simply keeping up with everything while on the road.

My upcoming events for the rest of the year:
πŸ“ Difinity Toronto
 πŸ“ FabCon Europe, Barcelona
 πŸ“ Community Summit, Nashville
 πŸ“ AgntCon and MCPCon, San Jose
 πŸ“ Power Platform Community Conference, Las Vegas
 πŸ“ Difinity Auckland
 πŸ“ Difinity Melbourne

Will I see you at any of these? πŸ‘€

Links in the comments πŸ‘‡

* For some of the events below, I have a discount code to register; let me know in the comments if you are interested.

#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DataAndAI #PublicSpeaking #Difinity #FabCon #CommunitySummit #PowerPlatform #NewZealand #DataCommunity #RADACAD #Travel #MicrosoftMVP
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Fabric Data Agent connected to the right semantic Fabric Data Agent connected to the right semantic model. Report shows the correct number. But M365 Copilot gives the wrong answer to a business user. Why? πŸ”

The fix: AI Agent Instructions. Full demo, tested, and fixed. 🎬

πŸ“Ί https://youtu.be/SA29Hp8KOsw

#PowerBI #FabricDataAgent #M365Copilot #MicrosoftFabric #AIAgents #SemanticModel #FabricAnalytics #ConversationalAnalytics #FabricIQ #BusinessIntelligence #NoCodePowerBI
DATEADD vs PARALLELPERIOD vs SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR T DATEADD vs PARALLELPERIOD vs SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR

Three DAX time intelligence functions. All three compare periods. Which one should you use, and when?

They all let you compare "this period" to a previous period in Power BI. But they behave very differently, and picking the wrong one gives you wrong results.

The key difference: if you are looking at the first 15 days of a month, PARALLELPERIOD returns the full previous month. DATEADD returns only the matching 15 days. SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR simply shifts one year back, no flexibility on the interval.

Swipe through for the full breakdown, real DAX examples, and a simple decision framework.

Comment DAX for the article link.

#PowerBI #DAX #TimeIntelligence #PowerBITips #MicrosoftFabric #DAXFunctions #PowerBIDeveloper #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #DAXCalculations #SemanticModel #PowerBIDesktop #RADACAD #PowerBITraining #DataEngineering #PowerBICommunity #DataScience #Analytics #DataViz #TechTips
Some 14-20 years ago, I was working at a corporate Some 14-20 years ago, I was working at a corporate consulting company that had no vision to see the future.

They didn't pay for my travel or accommodation when I went to speak at conferences. Not only that β€” they didn't even count it as a work day. I was told to use my annual leave for it. They told me what I did was not giving them any benefit.

What I was doing was speaking at conferences about Data Analytics and BI. The funny part? The company I worked for was itself a Data Analytics and BI consulting business. But because they had long-standing relationships with government and big enterprise clients, they never saw how my work could open a new line of business for them.

So there I was β€” spending my own money to attend conferences, spending my leave days one by one, and eventually taking unpaid leave because annual leave runs out.

Did I have a vision that this would turn into something good? Yes. I saw the future. They did not. and I loved what I do regardless of it turning out to be a business or not.

The result: RADACAD was born.

Could this have been part of the business of one of those companies I worked for? Very easily. But they didn't have the vision.

Here is my lesson for you: have the vision. If the organization you work for does not share it β€” leave. Find somewhere that sees your value, or build your own. We only get one life, and we decide how to spend it.

I decided a long time ago that I want to help everyone with Data & AI. And that is what I do β€” every day, all day.

#Entrepreneurship #CareerAdvice #Vision #RADACAD #DataAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #Leadership #SelfBelief #PersonalDevelopment #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #MontrealCommunityDays #NeverGiveUp #StartYourOwnPath
Ask Copilot or a Fabric Data Agent a question abou Ask Copilot or a Fabric Data Agent a question about your data and get a confidently wrong answer? It's not the AI. It's your semantic model.

Synonyms. Descriptions. Modeling best practices. Verified Answers. Instructions. The full fix, step by step. 🎬

πŸ“Ί https://youtu.be/HdkHZJDzq2M

#PowerBI #SemanticModel #CopilotPowerBI #AIAgents #MicrosoftFabric #FabricDataAgent #DAX #PowerBITips #FabricAnalytics #ConversationalAnalytics #FabricIQ #BusinessIntelligence #DataModeling
See you in Montreal In-person this Friday #PowerBI See you in Montreal
In-person
this Friday
#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #AI #Copilot #LLM
Your business users don't log into Power BI. They Your business users don't log into Power BI. They live in M365 Copilot.

Now they can ask real questions about your business data β€” grounded in your trusted semantic model β€” right from M365 Copilot. No code. No training. No new login.

πŸ”₯ Just published πŸ‘‡

πŸ“Ί https://youtu.be/p5mANFEG7Dw

#PowerBI #M365Copilot #FabricDataAgent #MicrosoftFabric #Copilot #AIAgents #NoCode #SemanticModel #BusinessIntelligence #FabricAnalytics #Microsoft365 #FabricIQ #ConversationalAnalytics
12 years. πŸ›₯️ Last night we celebrated 12 yea 12 years. πŸ›₯️

Last night we celebrated 12 years of @radacad_academy with a boat function in Auckland β€” our team, some incredible partners, customers, and friends who have been part of this journey.

A few of our team members overseas could not join us in person this time β€” but they were with us in spirit.

And as we celebrated, I could not help but think of our beautiful @leila_akleta . Leila was such a huge part of building RADACAD into what it is today, and not a milestone goes by where I don't think of her and everything she gave to this company and this community. She is deeply missed.

Twelve years ago, RADACAD started as an idea. Today it is a team, a community, and a lot of relationships I am deeply grateful for β€” built by everyone who has been part of this story, past and present.

Thank you to everyone who has walked this journey with us.

Here's to the next chapter. πŸ₯‚

#RADACAD #12Years #Milestone #Gratitude #TeamCelebration #Auckland #PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #DataCommunity
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#Akita #JapaneaseAkita #Dogs #cars
π“π‘πž π…πšπ›π«π’πœ π‚π‹πˆ π“π‘πž π…πšπ›π«π’πœ π‚π‹πˆ lets you work with Microsoft Fabric objects entirely from the command line β€” no clicking through the portal. Combined with GitHub Copilot, it becomes something even more powerful.

πŸ”₯ Just published β€” everything you need to know, from install to AI-powered automation.

Here is what's covered:

⌨️ What the Fabric CLI actually is and why it exists

 πŸ—‚οΈ Navigate Fabric like a file system β€” no more portal clicking

 πŸ› οΈ Step-by-step installation, plus common installation issues and how to fix them

 πŸ“‹ Core commands β€” fab ls, fab cp, and more you will actually use every day

 πŸ€– The next level β€” VS Code + GitHub Copilot writing and running Fabric CLI commands for you, from natural language prompts

You describe what you want. Copilot writes the CLI script. You don't need to memorise every command anymore.

Video in the comments πŸ‘‡

#MicrosoftFabric #FabricCLI #GitHubCopilot #AIAgents #VSCode #FabricDeveloper #DataEngineering #FabricAnalytics #NoCode #AgenticAI #CommandLine #FabricAutomation #BusinessIntelligence #PowerBI #FabricAdmin
What Is Fabric IQ? β€” The Context Layer AI Agents What Is Fabric IQ? β€” The Context Layer AI Agents Actually Need

πŸ”₯ Just published β€” a short clip from my Fabric Insider Ep. 6 interview with Yitzhak Kesselman, Corporate Vice President for Real-Time Intelligence at Microsoft Fabric.

AI agents need context β€” the same way you do. As an employee, you have Outlook, Teams, documents, CRM, ERP. That context makes you productive. AI agents need the same thing.

Microsoft's answer β€” a three-layer stack:

🧠 Work IQ β€” who's your manager, your team, what you have access to

 πŸ“„ Foundry IQ β€” documents, operational procedures, unstructured data

 πŸ—οΈ Fabric IQ β€” how your business actually operates. Structured data, streaming data, operational systems, connected.

And Fabric IQ itself has three layers β€” OneLake data, semantic models (20+ million worldwide), and ontologies β€” geospatial data, time series, actions, relationships with real business meaning.

This is the context layer that makes AI agents useful for running a business, not just answering questions about it.

Short clip in the comments πŸ‘‡

#MicrosoftFabric #FabricIQ #WorkIQ #FoundryIQ #AIAgents #FabricInsider #SemanticModel #OneLake #DataEngineering #FabricAnalytics #BusinessIntelligence #YitzhakKesselman #AgenticAI #Ontology #FabricUpdates
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