Morning

Morning

I think I've just gone off reviewing.

My eyes hurt

Yeah it seems more difficult now for sure

I use two monitors and I now do my reviewing on the right one. It places the question and answer more central, with the "action box" to the right.

Works better

Can we have the old one back?

@Colin'tHart shrugs

@JohnK.N. it's super annoying

you have the feeling of looking left right everywhere

and then when you click close the old popup is there anyway

Assuming there's a right to left variant of the SE network, I wonder if the review queue is less obnoxious for them

Good morning

Has anyone ever played with SQL Server Power BI? Requirements?

SQL Server Power BI?

@Lamak Thank you

But yes.

what? I'm kinda lost lol

Me too

but, but....

I was on powerbi.microsoft.com today and thought I'd figured out what I need:

- SQL Server

- SSRS

- SSAS

- Power BI Desktop

ok

But.

I'm not sure

what do you need to do?

Me? Nothing.

I'm just the person researching.

Then along comes a guy and says we need SQL Server Enterprise Editoin

Me: <research> Finds nothing.

Are they getting a cut of the licensing costs?

No.

ok, but "you guys" need that for what?

Internal co-worker

Analysing and displaying our Service Requests and Incidents in a nice graphical interface.

ok, Power BI Desktop is the designer

You see, he did a course in February and the teacher told them it's free. (kind of).

and can connect to multiple data sources

that much is free, correct

you can then upload that report to the Power BI Service. For that, you just need a valid microsoft account

that much is also free

But you need SSAS for some things and then it depends what some-things you need, as they differ from Standad to Enterprise Edition.

not really, no such need for SSAS, unless something specifically for you

@Lamak Yes, there are a lot of free buttons on the powerbi.microsoft.com site.

once the report is in the Power BI Service, you can access to it privately on your browser/mobile app

ok

big point in "you"

if you need someone else to see that report is when licensing starts to matter

microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-business-intelligence

Watch Modern BI capabilities in Power BI Report Server and Analysis Services

I'm ok with instaling SSRS and SSAS, but when it comes to Power BI I'm a newbie.

but you don't need to lol

just go with me

where do you have your data

?

On site in a SQL Server instance's database.

Standard Edition.

SSRS not yet installed.

SSAS not installed.

Let's call it ServiceDesk

ok

that's more than enough, no need for SSRS nor SSAS

period, your coworker is wrong

I assumed as much.

So our guy is hooked on the bling-bling reports and shiny new interfaces.

I am a microsoft certified trainer

Cool.

Well, certified is accurate

and I teach about it in post graduate courses

@Lamak Thanks for that.

I'll go with that then and see why our guy needs Enterprise Edition.

Use a 40 penny nail to physically pin it

lol

Morning!