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Laura GB

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Data platform MVP

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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So I wanted custom SVG icons in the conditional formatting on my Power BI report. I found the answers and wrote a blog post so I don't forget how I did it and the brilliant resources I found to help me out. #PowerBI #SVG hatfullofdata.blog/power-bi-cus...
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Power BI - Custom SVG Icons, Themes and Measures
Lets use measures to do conditional formatting with icons and add our own icons using a theme file
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This week's post is another great example of Power Automate helping out with Microsoft Fabric. This time it is to pause a capacity which I always forget to do on my demo and training capacity. #MicrosoftFabric #PowerAutomate hatfullofdata.blog/power-automa...
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Use Power Automate to schedule pausing a Fabric Capacity
Learn how to use Power Automate to automatically pause a Microsoft Fabric capacity on a schedule and save costs. This step-by-step guide shows how to check the current capacity state and only suspend ...
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Looking forward to lots of conferences this autumn. Hoping to meet and catch up with lots of wonderful people. Here is my list of events. Which ones are you going to be at? Please come say hello hatfullofdata.blog/upcoming-eve...
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Upcoming Events
Conferences are my happy place. I love the community, chance to share ideas and sometimes get on a stage and do demos live or talk about my passion for low-code solutions and technology adoption.\nIf ...
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
So I wanted to monitor all workspaces in Fabric.... First step install FUAM and then realise pro workspaces were not included in the report. So here are my steps to include them. Another blog post to remind me how I did something! #MicrosoftFabric #FUAM hatfullofdata.blog/making-fuam-...
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Making FUAM include Pro Workspaces
modifying Microsoft Fabric FUAM monitoring tool to also report on shared capacity workspaces.
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
When you've had to do something manually 3 times it is time to script it. Also meant I had to learn something new! In my next blog post, I create a variable library in a notebook using the Semantic-Link-Labs library. #MicrosoftFabric #SemanticLinkLabs hatfullofdata.blog/create-a-var...
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Create a Variable Library using a Python Notebook
Create a Microsoft Fabric variable library directly from a Python notebook it can all be automated via code. I'm also fed up of building demos by hand.
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Back from holiday, so back on the variable library blog series. Lets now use Variable library values in a Gen2 dataflow #MicrosoftFabric hatfullofdata.blog/using-variab...
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Using Variable Library in a Dataflow - Hat Full of Data
Adding values from Variable Library in a Dataflow is an obvious plan to make it more future proof as they are the popular low-code ingest method
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Laura GB @lauragb.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Continuing my Variable Libraries in #MicrosoftFabric series lets get shortcuts in Lakehouses working hatfullofdata.blog/using-a-vari...
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Using a Variable Library in Lakehouse Shortcuts - Hat Full of Data
Lakehouse shortcuts are a popular addition to the Fabric set of tools to access data easily without copying it. Using a variable library in lakehouse shortcuts means its easy to point shortcuts to an ...
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Mike Hartley - Hart of the Midlands @hart365.co.uk · 11/05/2023
It's #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. I just want to say to you all that It is OK to be not OK. Take time to look after yourself and your wellbeing. Prioritise your mental health, everything else can follow. Take care of yourself folks ❤️ #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #ItsOkToBeNotOk
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