Microsoft just made streaming datasets a whole lot easier in Power BI. For the past year, users have been building real-time dashboards with streaming datasets via the REST API endpoint. Now, with the Power BI connector for Microsoft Flow, data rows can be pushed automatically without writing any code, thanks to hundreds of pre-written Flows. What does this mean for you? It means you can add real-time weather data, Twitter sentiments, and other triggers, directly to your dashboards. Learn more about this slick feature here, including a great test run of the Twitter sentiment Flow!
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Streaming Data Sets in Power BI Just Got Easier
By Jon Thompson on May 15, 2020 4:11:22 PM MDT
Topics: Power BI Business Intelligence

Written by Jon Thompson
Jon Thompson is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Margin Inc. An author and speaker, Jon sheds light on how businesses can take advantage of a revolution in business intelligence to become data-driven and accelerate their success.