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Connect Claude to Power BI Desktop

This quick tutorial walks you through connecting Claude AI to Power BI Desktop using the free MCP Server extension. Once set up, Claude can read your data model, write DAX, and help you build measures, all from a simple chat interface. It takes about fifteen minutes and completely changes the way you work with your reports.

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3 ways to improve long-term analysis of performance data

Tracking metrics such as HRV, Resting HR and Daily Strain can provide valuable insight into how the body responds to training and life stress. However, daily data in isolation can be misleading. A single strong or weak reading offers limited insight into long-term direction.

By combining relevant metrics, analysing them over a rolling 90-day period, and removing visual distortion from charts, clearer patterns begin to emerge. The key lesson is simple: long-term performance is shaped by trends, not isolated data points. The advantage lies not in collecting more data, but in analysing it with discipline.

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How to create Custom Tooltips in Power BI for Wellness & WHOOP trends

Daily wellness and wearable data can be really useful… or really misleading.

One low score might be an early warning sign or it might just be noise.

When you’re tracking 10+ measures across 30+ athletes every day, it becomes almost impossible to tell which is which without adding context.

Recently we built a reporting suite for a customer that brought Game, GPS, Wellness and WHOOP data together in one place.

The challenge is that trying to visualise daily values and longer-term trends on the same report page gets messy fast.

So we solved it using Custom tooltips in Power BI

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Rugby’s game-changing tech

The modern game is relentless. Where's power in space? Every moment, every metre tracked. But behind every play, there's a story only the data can tell.

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