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 ...

Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house. They are gentle giants, producing fragrant blossoms in spring and cooling the house in summer. They vanquish ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Here’s a conundrum for Republican politicians going into 2026, and even 2028. What do you do when you’ve turned ...

We are using multiple reference tables in SQL Server for analysis, some of which have Chinese characters in the table or column names. These tables are shared across various projects, and renaming all ...

Have you ever tried to drag the header columns in an Excel spreadsheet to make them fit the text? I have and just when I think I’ve got it right, a quick glimpse down the line of columns usually ...

Have you ever spent hours fine-tuning a Power Query workflow, only to have it break because a column name changed? It’s a frustratingly common scenario for anyone working with dynamic or external data ...

Have you ever faced the frustration of trying to combine multiple Excel files, only to realize their sheet names don’t match? It’s a common headache for anyone working with data from varied sources.

The name Max has, not a moment too soon, gotten the axe. A little more than two years after lopping “HBO” off of the streamer’s name to create the breezily-named Max streamer, Warner Bros. Discovery ...

Craig Russell receives funding from BBSRC. If you’ve ever tried discussing medicines with friends or family and found yourself stumbling over the pronunciation — or even resorting to snapping a photo ...

The name Meghan Markle has officially been retired. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, spoke to Mindy Kaling about why she ...