<![CDATA[Stories by Gulab Chand Tejwani on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@t.gulab?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*5tPhKWwoHNZJSkAJ.jpg Stories by Gulab Chand Tejwani on Medium https://medium.com/@t.gulab?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 02:36:05 GMT <![CDATA[What Power BI Copilot Actually Reads When It Summarises a Report]]>

Your report can be correct while its AI-generated summary is incomplete. The reason may be the visuals Copilot selected, the way a matrix…

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]]> https://medium.com/@t.gulab/what-power-bi-copilot-actually-reads-when-it-summarises-a-report-7559d54c3af2?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/7559d54c3af2 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 03:25:11 GMT 2026-11-10T03:25:11.560Z <![CDATA[Direct Lake Calculated Columns Are Query-Time. Same DAX, Different Execution Model.]]>

Direct Lake on OneLake can now use DAX calculated columns without switching the table out of Direct Lake. That sounds like feature parity…

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]]> https://medium.com/@t.gulab/direct-lake-calculated-columns-are-query-time-same-dax-different-execution-model-0b5b7a03d06e?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/0b5b7a03d06e Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:48:39 GMT 2026-11-02T11:48:39.473Z <![CDATA[Calculation Groups Can Eliminate Measure Explosion in Power BI.]]>

Calculation groups solve one of the oldest maintenance problems in Power BI: repeating the same calculation pattern across dozens of…

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]]> https://medium.com/@t.gulab/calculation-groups-can-eliminate-measure-explosion-in-power-bi-5097fb7d6ef6?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/5097fb7d6ef6 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:50:34 GMT 2026-10-26T08:50:34.133Z <![CDATA[Copilot’s Fabric Token Rates Dropped. On October 1, Consumption Changes Again.]]>

As of 18 September 2026, Microsoft’s public Copilot-in-Fabric documentation lists 100 CU seconds per 1,000 input tokens, 10 CU seconds per…

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/copilots-fabric-token-rates-dropped-on-october-1-consumption-changes-again-bb2692e139db?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/bb2692e139db Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:31:01 GMT 2026-10-19T22:31:01.646Z <![CDATA[Power BI Desktop’s October 2026 Deadline: Which Versions Are You Running?]]>

March 2026 and earlier releases will lose built-in OneDrive and SharePoint saving and sharing. The update is only part of the job.

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/power-bi-desktops-october-2026-deadline-which-versions-are-you-running-af31d24592d1?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/af31d24592d1 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:01:04 GMT 2026-10-16T13:01:04.451Z <![CDATA[Your Power BI Semantic Model Is More Than a Reporting Layer. Treat It Like an API.]]>

Define what consumers can depend on, and test what happens when it changes.

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]]> https://medium.com/@t.gulab/your-power-bi-semantic-model-is-more-than-a-reporting-layer-treat-it-like-an-api-9b7451cc5d8e?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/9b7451cc5d8e Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:35:44 GMT 2026-10-12T09:35:44.825Z <![CDATA[If You Tested Power BI Copilot by Asking the Same Question Twice, You Tested the Cache]]>

Microsoft’s Copilot documentation contains a paragraph that quietly invalidates how most teams evaluate whether Copilot is reliable. There…

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/if-you-tested-power-bi-copilot-by-asking-the-same-question-twice-you-tested-the-cache-db796725fa11?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/db796725fa11 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:31:01 GMT 2026-09-19T23:31:01.477Z <![CDATA[The Semantic Layer Is Standardising. Microsoft Isn’t in the Room.]]>

Sixty organisations have joined an effort to make semantic models portable between tools. Snowflake started it. Databricks, dbt Labs…

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/the-semantic-layer-is-standardising-microsoft-isnt-in-the-room-e1ec657ba153?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/e1ec657ba153 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:01:01 GMT 2026-09-16T12:01:01.979Z <![CDATA[One Query Engine Now Answers Your Questions Everywhere.]]>

The August 2026 Fabric update brought advanced DAX generation to Fabric data agents on the Preview runtime. Most coverage has framed it as…

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/one-query-engine-now-answers-your-questions-everywhere-b5235b6ccb05?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/b5235b6ccb05 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:01:01 GMT 2026-09-08T18:01:01.152Z <![CDATA[Your Semantic Model Can Now Power a Fabric App. That Is Bigger Than Another Dashboard.]]>

Microsoft introduced Fabric Apps in preview in 2026, with Rayfin providing the SDK and CLI used to build and deploy them. One command…

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]]> https://pub.towardsai.net/your-semantic-model-can-now-power-a-fabric-app-that-is-bigger-than-another-dashboard-e298b485fbd6?source=rss-95ce15b501c8------2 https://medium.com/p/e298b485fbd6 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:01:01 GMT 2026-09-02T18:01:01.501Z