Power BI and Microsoft Fabric How-To Guides
Data Analytics
Data Analytics Guides
This is the how-to shelf of the Allston Yale knowledge base. When you already know what you want to build and need to do it well, start here: implementation best practices, migration roadmaps, cost and capacity guidance, and industry-specific dashboard guides for the sectors we work in. These are the answers we give clients most often, written down without the sales spin.
Why BI Projects Fail
Most business intelligence projects don't deliver what they promised. Dashboards get built, launched, and then...
Row-Level Security in Power BI
Row-level security, or RLS, is how you make one Power BI report show each person...
Power BI Deployment Pipelines
Power BI deployment pipelines are a built-in way to move reports and models through separate...
What Is OneLake?
OneLake is Microsoft Fabric's built-in data lake: a single, organization-wide place where all your data...
Star Schema vs Flat Tables
If your Power BI reports are slow, the file is enormous, and your DAX keeps...
Direct Lake Explained
Direct Lake is a Microsoft Fabric feature that lets Power BI read your data straight...
AI Readiness Assessment
AI readiness is a plain measure of whether your data is clean, organized, and secure...
What Is Microsoft Fabric Copilot?
Microsoft Fabric Copilot is an AI assistant built into Microsoft Fabric that lets you build...
Microsoft Foundry Explained
Microsoft Foundry is the platform businesses use to build, run, and manage their own AI...
Construction & Engineering Data Analytics: Project Margin and Resource Dashboards
For American construction and engineering firms, the difference between a profitable project and a margin-eroding...
Insurance Data Analytics: Claims, Underwriting, and Loss-Ratio Dashboards
American insurance carriers generate enormous volumes of structured data across policy records, claims filings, actuarial...
Power BI for Banking and Financial Services: Compliance, Risk, and Profitability Dashboards
For American banks and financial services firms, the cost of compliance has crossed a threshold...
Power BI for Oil and Gas: Production, Lease, and Royalty Reporting
For American oil and gas operators, production accounting, lease management, and royalty reporting sit at...
AI Readiness Assessment
AI readiness is a plain measure of whether your data is clean, organized, and secure...
When a Guide Is Not Enough
Guides handle the cases most teams share; yours may be the exception. If part of the work is still a buying decision, the Platform Comparisons shelf covers which tool fits before you build.
