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What Is Microsoft Dynamics Ax (Now Dynamics 365 Finance)

Are you a Microsoft Dynamics 365 user? If so, you’re surely not alone. In fact, over 48,000 small and mid-sized businesses trust Dynamics 365 for their business management.

Written by Marketing on July 6, 2025

How Good Is Copilot in Power BI

If you’re wondering how effective Copilot is in Power BI and if it lives up to the hype, you’re surely not the only one.

Written by Marketing on July 6, 2025

Discover the Best Power BI Books for Beginners

When learning Power BI, choosing the best Power BI book for beginners depends on the learner’s specific needs and areas of interest.

Written by Kristi Cantor on May 23, 2024

Delivering Excellence Through Diversity

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Written by Kristi Cantor on May 23, 2024

Exciting Improvements to Power BI’s Export to Excel

It is a standing joke in the analytics industry that “Export to Excel” is the most used feature of any analytics application.

Written by Kristi Cantor on March 13, 2023

The case of the disappearing Field Parameters: SOLVED

The Case: The new Field Parameters feature from Microsoft had been added to a report page and worked appropriately for several weeks.

Written by Kristi Cantor on August 4, 2022

Completing the Set Up: Field Parameters Using Tabular Editor

May 2022’s release of Power BI Desktop is the best releases we’ve seen in several years. They released a new gem of a featured called FIELD PARAMETERS and this blog is going to go over the benefits to you as a developer

Written by Kristi Cantor on May 25, 2022

Calculation Groups to the Rescue!

o set the stage, I need you to travel back in time with me a bit. The year was 2019, and none of us had ever heard of COVID-19…those were simpler times.

Written by Kristi Cantor on March 31, 2021

Speed up your Power BI DAX formulas by up to 95% using the new OPTIMIZEDAX() function

This is an April Fools’ joke. OPTIMIZEDAX() doesn’t exist, but we hope the post gives you a laugh nonetheless.

Written by Kristi Cantor on April 1, 2020

Export Power BI Data with Date Range in Title

In Power BI, every visual needs a title. Titles not only makes it easier to manage items in the selection pane, but also provide context when exporting data. Without a […]

Written by Kristi Cantor on June 4, 2019

Are my people working when the work needs to be done? Headcount Analysis with Power BI

One of the nice things about the Power Suite (the term I generally use to refer to Power BI, Power Pivot, and Power Query; does anyone else have any good terms?)

Written by Kristi Cantor on February 5, 2019

DST Refresh Date Function Power BI Service

Quick tip for DST Refresh Date function Power BI Service. I’ll put the code up front, and explain it below.

Written by Kristi Cantor on January 29, 2019

Kristi Cantor is a business intelligence, analytics, and AI practitioner with hands-on experience in Power BI, business intelligence strategy, data analytics, and practical AI adoption. At P3 Adaptive, she works extensively with modern AI tools and emerging business applications, helping explore how technologies like Microsoft Copilot, generative AI, and analytics automation reshape decision-making. As Digital Content Manager, she combines real-world technical experience with strategic communication to create authoritative content on Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, AI strategy, business intelligence, and modern data platforms.