1. Making your M Queries Dynamic in Power BI
Nick Lee
Making your M Queries Dynamic in Power BI

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5. 501 Legion Charitable Donation
Thank the 501 Legion for Supporting Our Event!
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Donation Bucket on Registration Table

8. Don’t forget Session Eval’s for Speakers!
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9. Modern Migration Tour Register: https://tinyurl.com/y6qom9n3
When: June 15, 2019
Where: UNF
Sponsored by:
PASS, Microsoft & Intel
In the lead up to SQL Server 2008 end of support, PASS has recruited Sandy—an expert in all things migration—along with an all-star lineup of speakers from Microsoft and Intel®, to smoothly guide you to your final destination—a modern data platform.
Whether you’re interested in moving to an updated on-premises, cloud, or hybrid solution; PASS, Microsoft, Intel®, and Sandy (of course!) have teamed up for a must attend series of webinars, in-person events, and migration resources, dedicated to giving you the tools you need to migrate with confidence.

10. About Nick Trainer and Consultant Technical Editor of Books
My parents always told me that my life won’t go anywhere if I’m on the computer all day and night.
Trainer and Consultant
Technical Editor of Books
Presenter in JSSUG
Blogs at backtoSQL.wordpress.com

11. Data Discovery with Power BI Desktop

12. Development Lifecycle
Data Discovery
Data Modeling
Data Visualization

13. M Basics with M Data cleansing with M

14. M Basics
What is M? Why M? Understanding M syntax

15. Using M Query Formulas What is M Query?
‘M’ is for Mashup
M is easily made dynamic
Why M Query? Data Transformations
Pivot/Unpivot
Removing unwanted characters
Splitting columns
Query editor is just a UI that generates M

16. M Query Fundamentals Where to Write M M Query Results M Query Tips
Query Editor formula bar
View > Advanced Editor
M Query Results
Can produce a single value, list (array), table, function
Can be copied and pasted to other workbooks but not the best sharing method
M Query Tips
Case sensitive!
Use #shared to return Library Functions

17. #shared

18. Previous step reference Named Expressions / Variables
Taking a look at M code
M Functions
Let Expression
Previous step reference
Named Expressions / Variables
In Expression / Output

19. Dynamic Source Query Variables and Parameters

20. Working with Variables & Parameters
What is a variable?
A variable is a place holder.
Changeable, Not-Constant

21. Parameters
Make queries and connections dynamic Create / Edit Parameters Currently no “Global” Parameters.