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The Semantic Model Is the Product
Most BI failures aren't dashboard failures. They're semantic model failures dressed up as dashboard failures. Here's how that mistake actually compounds — and what to do instead.
Long-form writing on enterprise BI architecture, Power BI and Fabric in production, semantic modeling at scale, and the leadership work of analytics. Published when I have something worth saying.
Most BI failures aren't dashboard failures. They're semantic model failures dressed up as dashboard failures. Here's how that mistake actually compounds — and what to do instead.
After a year of building production workloads on Fabric, I think most of the discourse about it — both the cheerleading and the skepticism — is missing the actual story. Here's what Fabric is really good at, what it isn't, and how to decide.