Tip #1229: Use math to make your chart look good

Multicolored abacus standing upright

It’s Friday afternoon and the management asked you to create a quick chart illustrating your team’s bug handling pipeline. Easy-peasy. Step 1 – extract data from the Squash-A-Bug system Status Count New 4268 Under Review 1921 Planned 516 Completed 229 Step 2 – visualize it as a small dashboard: That…. does not… look… good… (tried […]

Tip #861: Dynamically Filtering CRM data into PowerBI

There are a number of ideas around how to pre-filter PowerBI visualizations to explore CRM data – but there’s not a clear replacement for in-line charts on forms, just yet. But don’t despair, celebrated CRM chart blogger, Ulrik “CRM Chart Guy” Carlsson recently joined Scott “Captain Redlaces” Sewell  and Joel “Just Joel” Lindstrom on the CRM.audio PowerBI podcast […]

Tip #663: Turbocharge your CRM to Power BI Connection!

Turbocharge your PowerBI Connectivity to CRM – Amaze your friends and strangers! Working in a hardened bunker deep on the mysterious island of “Advanta”, the Microsoft CRM team’s top scientists have unleashed a powerful new API for connecting to CRM. It’s known only by the secret codename “Instance Web API” and today your semi-humble tipster […]

Tip #661: New and Improved PowerBI Content Packs

Dynamics CRM Power BI Content Packs

PowerBI and Dynamics CRM are an up and coming celebrity “power couple” – they’re seen in all the trendiest places and news about them is reported widely. That said, it came as a surprise to many that Microsoft quietly overhauled the existing Dynamics CRM Sales Content Pack and added a brand new Service Manager Content […]