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db042190
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3 years ago
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data dictionary like properties and reusability

its looking to me like column descriptions (eg for a column called cost , "Based on standard cost") are set in the model view and then hovering elsewhere reveals the description.  From a reusability ...
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    lbendlin
    3 years ago

    You have to assume that in a reasonably sized company (more than a couple thousand employees) Power BI and Azure are not the only tools and platforms being used in that company.  Smaller companies may be a "single shop"  environment and may be easier to manage from a data stewardship perspective. Larger companies have enormous amounts of data subjects, way beyond your example of sales / product management / manufacturing.  They also tend to have a lot more politics and fiscal chopstick battles.