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Cut every Power BI tile that cannot name a decision

A Power BI tile earns its place by naming the decision it changes, the value that triggers it, and the person who acts. Everything else is a report.

Noah ValeJuly 9, 2026 6 min read

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Who gets to define revenue in Power BI and Data Cloud

Sales, finance, and operations each hold a correct definition of revenue. A semantic model picks one and hides the rest, so name a steward before it does.

Elliot ParkJune 4, 2026 6 min read

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Write the analytics questions before the Dataverse schema

Power BI can only answer what the Dataverse model was built to hold. Write the leader's questions first, with the decision, grain, and freshness each needs.

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