The Use Case for Finding Users Assigned to Work Items A customer faced an issue where an employee who had left the company was deactivated in Active Directory (AD). They needed to identify all the work items assigned to this… Read More »How to Find the User Assigned to Work Items
Why Display the ADO Sprint Status on a Power BI Report Analytics Views (AV) provide the iteration start and end dates and the full path. It does not provide a field to show the past, future, or current iteration like… Read More »How to Display the ADO Sprint Status in a Power BI Report
Parameterize the ODATA Queries To parameterizie ODATA queries in Power BI reports or Fabric dataflows simplifies the replication process across team projects, which is particularly useful when creating an ADO organizational data model. These queries must be executed at the… Read More »How to Parameterize the ODATA Queries in Power BI
Find a Custom Work Item Field Azure DevOps work item templates offer the flexibility to customize by adding new fields, allowing teams to tailor the platform to their specific software processes. These newly added fields will automatically appear in the… Read More »How to Find a Custom Work Item Field in ODATA
Why Include the Iteration, Area Path, and Other Fields to the ODATA Query The Azure DevOps Analytics Views offer direct access to fields like iteration, area path, project name, and user name within the dataset for reporting purposes. However, incorporating… Read More »Include Iteration and Area Path to an ODATA Query
Options to Select the Data Model for Azure DevOps Reporting When it comes to data reporting, particularly with Power BI for visualizing Azure DevOps data, selecting the right Power BI data model for Azure DevOps reporting is crucial. A well-chosen… Read More »Learn How to Select the Data Model for Azure DevOps Reporting
Visualizing ADO Workitems in a Hierarchial Data Model To effectively visualize the hierarchical structure of work items in Azure DevOps (ADO) within Power BI, you need to create a data model that mirrors ADO’s inherent structure. This involves linking work… Read More »Visualizing ADO Workitems: Epics to Tasks with Rollup Metrics
Easily Create a Single Table Data Model for Effective Reporting To create an effective ADO report, you don’t need a complex data model if your goal is to provide summary information. Using an Analytics View is the easiest way to… Read More »Easily Create a Single Table Data Model Report
Create Work Item Rollup Calculations with a Hierarchy Data Model in Power BI Generating reports on Azure DevOps (ADO) work items in Power BI can be quite challenging, especially when dealing with hierarchical relationships. ADO’s current reporting capabilities only support… Read More »Easily Create a Work Item Rollup Calculations Report
How to Get Started with Azure DevOps Reporting using Power BI If you’ve found this blog, it’s likely because you’ve encountered the constraints of reporting within Azure DevOps (ADO). While ADO is sufficient initially, as your team or organization evolves… Read More »How to Get Started with Azure DevOps Reporting
Publish and Setup Data Refresh for your ADO Report Publishing a Power BI report and setting up data refreshes through the Azure DevOps analytics interface is one of the last steps to go live with the report. This blog post… Read More »How to Publish and Setup Data Refresh for the Power BI Report