Chris Webb

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Chris Webb is a member of the Fabric Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft

Chris Webb's Training Days

Loading And Transforming Data In Power BISQLBits 2019

Power BI has a lot of amazing functionality for transforming, reshaping and cleaning up data before you load it into your dataset. Learn all about it in this precon!

Introduction to Azure Analysis ServicesSQLBits 2018

Learn why Azure Analysis Services is important and how to build BI solutions using it

Loading And Transforming Data In Power BI And Power QuerySQLBits 2017

All you need to know about the “Get Data” functionality in Power BI that is also shared by Power Query and Excel 2016’s “Get & Transform” feature.

Chris Webb's Sessions

Fun with Scoped Assignments in MDXSQLBits 2011

This session will introduce the concept of scoped assignments in MDX and show how they can be used to solve various calculation problems.

Basic BISMSQLBits 2011

This session explains what the BI Semantic Model in SQL Server Denali is, how it is related to Analysis Services, and provides a brief introduction to the new Tabular model.

Introduction to Performance Tuning Analysis Services 2008SQLBits 2010

Learn to tune Analysis Services 2008 query performance

Implementing Common Business Calculations in DAXSQLBits 2010

This session will introduce the basic concepts of the new multidimensional calculation language, DAX, and show how to implement several common calculations in it

Common Analysis Services design mistakes and how to avoid themSQLBits 2010

Learn about the most frequently made Analysis Services design mistakes, the problems they cause, and how to fix them or not make them in the first place

Designing Effective Aggregations in Analysis Services 2008SQLBits 2009

This session will show you how to build aggregations in Analysis Services 2008 that are useful for the queries you're actually running

Cache-warming strategies for Analysis Services 2008SQLBits 2009

Learn how the Analysis Services cache works, and how you can pre-load it with data to ensure optimal query performance.

Using Analysis Services as a data source for Reporting Services reportsSQLBits 2008

Using Analysis Services as a data source for Reporting Services reports

Whats new in AS 2008?SQLBits 2007

Whats new in AS 2008?

Performance Tuning MDX queriesSQLBits 2007

Performance Tuning MDX queries

Fabric Power HourSQLBits 2026

If you know, you know

Performance tuning Dataflows Gen2SQLBits 2026

Learn how new features in Dataflows Gen2 result in better performance and lower CU cost

Tuning Power BI Copilot with AI InstructionsSQLBits 2026

A deep dive into tuning Power BI Copilot AI Instructions, including: What can you put in them? What *should* you put in them? How should you structure them? How can you test whether they are actually making answers better?

Secrets of Power BI Performance AnalyzerSQLBits 2026

Understand how to use all the information available in Performance Analyzer in Power BI to tune your reports.

What's new in Power Query in Power BI, Fabric and Excel?SQLBits 2024

Find out about new Power Query features in Power BI Desktop, Fabric Dataflows and Excel.

Connect Excel to Power BI data with Live Connected TablesSQLBits 2024

In this session you'll learn how to create Live Connected Tables and what the advantages and disadvantages of using them are.

Fabric Power HourSQLBits 2024

The famous Power BI Power Hour returns, but this time it has expanded to cover the whole of Fabric!

Fabric Direct Lake Deep DiveSQLBits 2024

Learn how the new Direct Lake mode for Power BI in Microsoft Fabric works