About Me

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello!

I’m Laura.

I work in data, spend far too much time talking about Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, technology adoption, and low-code, and somehow occasionally convince conference organisers that other people might want to hear about them too.

I’m also a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, which sounds much more impressive than ‘professional enthusiast’.

This blog contains things I’ve learned, things I’ve broken, things I’ve fixed, and hopefully things that might help you too.

Thanks for stopping by. Tea is available, but you’ll need to provide your own biscuits.

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DatePublished	Page Title	original URL	Copied across	Page Graphic	Shortcuts	Published
2019-04-22	SVG in Power BI - Part 1 SVG Basics	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-part-1-svg-basics/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-04-22	SVG in Power BI - Part 1 SVG Basics	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-part-2-kpi-shapes/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-04-29	SVG in Power BI – Part 3 – Fill SVG Icon with Colour	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-part-3-svg-icon/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-05-21	SVG in Power BI – Part 4 – Adding SVG Text	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-adding-svg-text/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-06-07	PowerApps – Transparency Update	https://hatfullofdata.blog/powerapps-transparency-update/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-06-08	SVG in Power BI – Part 5 – Using SVG Rotate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-part-5-svg-rotate/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-06-13	Power BI – Conditional Formatting Update	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-conditional-formatting-update/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-07-08	PowerApps – Using JSON Function to Save Pictures	https://hatfullofdata.blog/powerapps-using-json-function-to-save-pictures/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-07-09	Power BI – Data Refresh Date	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-data-refresh-date/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-07-25	Power BI – Using Inactive Relationships in a Measure	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-inactive-relationships-in-a-measure/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-07-26	Power BI – Cascading Slicers	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-cascading-slicers/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-07-27	Power BI – DAX CrossFilter Function	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dax-crossfilter-function/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-08-06	SVG in Power BI Part 6 – New Icon Conditional Formatting	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-6-icon-conditional-formatting/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-08-07	Power Automate – Creating Adaptive Cards	https://hatfullofdata.blog/microsoft-flow-creating-adaptive-cards/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-08-13	SVG in Power BI Part 7 – Using a Theme File to add SVG Icons	https://hatfullofdata.blog/svg-in-power-bi-7-using-theme-file-svg-icons/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019-08-26	Power Query in Microsoft Flow – An Introduction	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-in-microsoft-flow-1/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-09-06	Joining Tables of Data in Flow’s Power Query	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-in-microsoft-flow-joining-tables/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-09-09	AI Builder Object Detect Model with Power Automate and Power Apps	https://hatfullofdata.blog/ai-builder-object-detect-model/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-09-23	Power Query in Flow – Summarising the Data	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-in-flow-summarising-the-data/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-09-27	Power Query – Custom Handwritten Function	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-handwritten-function/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-09-29	Power Query – Multi-step Function	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-multi-step-function/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-10-05	Power Query Functions – Fetch web data	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-fetch-web-data/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-10-06	Power Query Functions – SQL Procedures	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-execute-sql-procedure/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-10-25	PowerApps – SVG Introduction	https://hatfullofdata.blog/powerapps-svg-introduction/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-10-26	PowerApps – Function Component	https://hatfullofdata.blog/powerapps-function-component/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-11-23	Power Apps – Animating SVG Fill Colour and Size	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-animating-svg-fill-colour-and-size/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2019-12-27	Power Apps – 12 Days of Components	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-12-days-of-components/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-01-21	Power BI – Connecting to Project Online	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-connecting-to-project-online/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-03-06	Power BI – Slicers Introduction	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-slicers-introduction/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-03-09	Power BI – Reset Slicers with a Bookmark Button	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-reset-slicers-with-a-bookmark-button/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-03-25	Power BI – Introducing the Hierarchy Slicer	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-hierarchy-slicer/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-04-03	Power BI – COALESCE Function to Remove Blanks	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-coalesce-function-to-remove-blanks/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-04-08	Power Apps – Build a Responsive App – Initial Setup	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-build-a-responsive-app-initial-setup/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-04-08	Power Apps – Build a Responsive App – Planning	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-build-a-responsive-app-planning/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-04-09	Power Apps – Build a Responsive App – Adding Dynamic Containers	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-responsive-app-dynamic-containers/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-04-15	Power Query – Replace Values for Whole Table	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-replace-values-for-whole-table/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-05-31	Power Apps – Embed a Power BI Chart	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-apps-embed-a-power-bi-chart/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-06-03	The Anxious MVP	https://hatfullofdata.blog/the-anxious-mvp/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-06-22	Reactor – Power BI Introduction Resources	https://hatfullofdata.blog/reactor-power-bi-introduction-resources/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-07-10	Power BI – Personalize Visuals	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-personalize-visuals/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-07-15	Power BI – Introducing Sync Slicers	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-introducing-sync-slicers/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-07-25	Power BI – Gradient Legends	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-gradient-legends/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-08-01	Power BI – Endorse a Dataset as Promoted or Certified	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-endorse-a-dataset/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-08-06	Thank You! One Year On	https://hatfullofdata.blog/thank-you-one-year-on/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-08-15	Power BI – Q&A Synonyms Update	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-qa-synonyms-update/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-08-22	Power BI – Import Text Using Examples	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-import-text-using-examples/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-09-02	Power BI – Reactor – Weather Report Resources	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-reactor-weather-report-resources/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2020-10-12	Power BI – Reactor – Use AI Visuals to Analyse Titanic Data	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-analyse-titanic-data-with-ai-visuals/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-03	Power BI – Create a Dataflow for Reusable Transforms	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-create-a-dataflow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-09	Power BI – Scheduled Refresh for your Dataflow	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-scheduled-refresh-dataflow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-15	Power BI – London Reactor – Tea & Biscuits Session	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-tea-biscuits-session-reactor/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-21	Power BI Dataflow – New Diagram View	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dataflow-new-diagram-view/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-21	Power BI Dataflows – Endorsement as Promoted and Certified	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dataflows-endorsement/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-23	Power BI Dataflow – Refresh History	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dataflow-refresh-history/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-11-28	Power BI Dataflow – Create Dataflow from Export	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-create-dataflow-from-export/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-12-14	Power BI – Reactor – Christmas Carol Text analysis	https://hatfullofdata.blog/reactor-christmas-carol-text-analysis/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2020-12-31	Top 10 Posts and Videos in 2020	https://hatfullofdata.blog/top-10-in-2020/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2021-01-15	Power Query – AI Insights Error	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-ai-insights-error/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-01-31	Power BI – Reactor – Last Year’s Sales	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-reactor-last-years-sales/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-03-21	Paginated Report Resources	https://hatfullofdata.blog/paginated-report-resources/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-04-07	Power BI Desktop Connecting to Dataverse	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-desktop-connecting-to-dataverse/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2021-04-21	Power Query – VBA to Edit a Parameter Value	https://hatfullofdata.blog/excel-power-query-vba-to-edit-a-parameter-value/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-05-04	Power Query – Dynamic Data Source and Web.Contents()	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-dynamic-data-source-and-web-content/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-06-08	Power Query – Get Previous Row Data	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-get-previous-row-data/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021-07-06	How much does that report cost the business?	https://hatfullofdata.blog/how-much-does-that-report-cost-the-business/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2021-08-29	Refreshing Datasets Automatically with Power BI Dataflows	https://hatfullofdata.blog/refreshing-datasets-automatically-with-dataflow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-01-07	Power BI Charticulator Simple Custom Chart	https://hatfullofdata.blog/charticulator-simple-custom-chart/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-06-27	Power BI Charticulator Resources	https://hatfullofdata.blog/charticulator-resources/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-07-14	Power Automate Child Flow	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-child-flow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-09-01	Power BI Dataverse Connector – July 2022 Update	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dataverse-connector-july-2022-update/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-09-24	Power BI & Dataverse – Choice Columns	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-dataverse-choices-and-choice-column/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-11-01	Power BI – Switch Dataverse Tenancy	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-switch-dataverse-tenancy/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2022-11-22	Power BI – Connecting to Google Analytics	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-connecting-to-google-analytics/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2022-11-24	Power BI – Take Over a Dataset	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-take-over-a-dataset/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-02-25	Power BI – 5 Stars SVG	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-5-stars-svg/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-03-05	Export Data from Power BI Visuals	https://hatfullofdata.blog/export-data-from-power-bi-visuals/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-03-18	Power BI Adoption in Your Business	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-adoption-in-your-business/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-03-25	Power BI – Clear all Slicers Button	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-clear-all-slicers-button/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-03-30	Power BI – Embed a Paginated Report	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-embed-a-paginated-report/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-04-26	Using SQL on Dataverse for Power BI	https://hatfullofdata.blog/using-sql-on-dataverse-for-power-bi/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-05-19	Power Platform Solution and Power BI – Part 1	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-platform-solution-and-power-bi-part-1/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-05-20	Power Platform Solution and Power BI – Part 2	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-platform-solution-and-power-bi-part-2/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-05-22	Power Platform Solution and Power BI – Part 3	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-platform-solution-and-power-bi-part-3/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-07-07	Power BI – Creating a Custom Smart Narrative	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-creating-a-custom-smart-narrative/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-07-11	Power Automate – Get data from a Power BI dataset	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-get-data-from-a-power-bi-dataset/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-08-07	Power Automate Button in a Power BI Report	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-button-in-a-power-bi-report/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-08-09	Power Automate – Write Me a Flow	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-write-me-a-flow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2023-11-02	Microsoft Fabric – Create a Lakehouse	https://hatfullofdata.blog/fabric-create-a-lakehouse/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-11-07	Microsoft Fabric – Upload a CSV file and folder	https://hatfullofdata.blog/fabric-upload-a-csv-file-and-folder/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-11-09	Microsoft Fabric – Create table from CSV file	https://hatfullofdata.blog/fabric-create-table-from-csv-file/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-11-10	Microsoft Fabric – Create tables with Dataflows	https://hatfullofdata.blog/microsoft-fabric-create-tables-with-dataflows/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2023-11-13	Microsoft Fabric – Notebook and Data Wrangler	https://hatfullofdata.blog/microsoft-fabric-notebook-and-data-wrangler/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2024-02-15	Power Automate and Power BI Rest API	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-and-power-bi-rest-api/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-02-17	Create a Power BI Service Principal Profile	https://hatfullofdata.blog/create-a-power-bi-service-principal-profile/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-04-06	Create Azure Key Vault to store Tenant ID, Client ID and Secret	https://hatfullofdata.blog/create-azure-key-vault-to-store-id-and-secret/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-05-29	Use Power Automate to Fetch Secrets from Key Vault	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-to-fetch-secrets-from-key-vault/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-06-17	Allow the use of Power BI Rest APIs	https://hatfullofdata.blog/allow-the-use-of-power-bi-rest-apis/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-06-21	Power Automate – Create Power BI Workspace	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-create-power-bi-workspace/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-07-25	Connecting Power Automate to DevOps	https://hatfullofdata.blog/connecting-power-automate-to-devops/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-07-29	Power Automate Update Fields in Azure DevOps	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-update-fields-in-azure-devops/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-13	Using DevOps REST API in Power Automate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/using-devops-rest-api-in-power-automate/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-14	Running a Wiql DevOps query in Power Automate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/running-a-wiql-devops-query-in-power-automate/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-16	Update DevOps without Notifications with Power Automate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/update-devops-without-notifications/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-19	DevOps updates on behalf of another with Power Automate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/devops-updates-on-behalf-of-another/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-20	Editing Azure DevOps items in Excel	https://hatfullofdata.blog/editing-azure-devops-items-in-excel/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-08-27	Get DevOps Data into Power BI	https://hatfullofdata.blog/devops-data-into-power-bi/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-09-02	DevOps Parent Child Hierarchy in Power BI	https://hatfullofdata.blog/devops-parent-child-hierarchy-in-power-bi/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-09-23	Inherited Value in a Parent Child Pattern	https://hatfullofdata.blog/inherited-value-in-a-parent-child-pattern/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-10-03	Power Automate – Save a File to OneLake Lakehouse	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-automate-save-a-file-to-onelake-lakehouse/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2024-10-06	Trigger Microsoft Fabric Data Pipeline using Power Automate	https://hatfullofdata.blog/trigger-microsoft-fabric-data-pipeline/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-01-06	Power Query – Creating New Parameters	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-creating-new-parameters/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-01-08	Power Query – Fixing Missing Columns Dynamically	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-fixing-missing-columns-dynamically/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-01-13	Power Query – Handling Null Values Properly	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-query-handling-null-values/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-03-08	VBA – Using Dictionaries to improve searching	https://hatfullofdata.blog/vba-using-dictionaries-to-improve-searching/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-05-09	SharePoint Folder into Microsoft Fabric	https://hatfullofdata.blog/sharepoint-folder-into-microsoft-fabric/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-05-12	First refresh it broke! #LauraBrokeIt	https://hatfullofdata.blog/first-refresh-it-broke-laurabrokeit/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-06-05	Microsoft Fabric – Create a Data Pipeline with Parameters	https://hatfullofdata.blog/data-pipeline-with-parameters/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-06-11	Power BI – Create a calendar using TMDL	https://hatfullofdata.blog/tmdl-create-a-calendar/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-07-08	Paginated Reports – Power Query as a Source	https://hatfullofdata.blog/paginated-reports-power-query-as-a-source/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-07-15	Power BI – Calculation Groups aren’t scary	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-calculation-groups-arent-scary/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-07-29	Power BI – Improve a card with SVG	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-improve-a-card-with-svg/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-08-21	Get Secret from Azure Key Vault in a Microsoft Fabric Notebook	https://hatfullofdata.blog/get-secret-from-azure-key-vault/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-08-26	Lewis and Laura vs. Notebook and Microsoft Graph: Part 2	https://hatfullofdata.blog/notebook-and-microsoft-graph-part-2/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-09-15	Power BI – Counting Active records easily	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-counting-active-records-easily/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2025-09-22	Power BI – Use ISINSCOPE to improve a Matrix	https://hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-use-isinscope/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-11-07	Microsoft Fabric – Direct Lake and User Permissions	https://hatfullofdata.blog/fabric-direct-lake-and-user-permissions/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2025-11-27	Microsoft Fabric – Using Copy Job with Dataverse	https://hatfullofdata.blog/microsoft-fabric-using-copy-job-with-dataverse/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2026-01-06	Microsoft Fabric – Variable Library	https://hatfullofdata.blog/variable-library/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2026-01-07	Happy New Year and 2025 Review	https://hatfullofdata.blog/happy-new-year-and-2025-review/	Yes	No	No	Yes
2026-01-12	Accessing a Variable Library in a Notebook	https://hatfullofdata.blog/accessing-a-variable-library-in-a-notebook/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2026-01-19	Using a Variable Library in a Data Pipeline	https://hatfullofdata.blog/using-a-variable-library-in-a-data-pipeline/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2026-01-26	Using a Variable Library in Lakehouse Shortcuts	https://hatfullofdata.blog/using-a-variable-library-in-lakehouse-shortcuts/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2026-02-11	Using Variable Library in a Dataflow	https://hatfullofdata.blog/using-variable-library-in-a-dataflow/	Yes	Yes	No	Yes

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