Historic Encounter at Shawnee Bend Bluff

 

A trip down to Warsaw offered up a fine place to burn off a little energy and explore a new trail that skirted the bluff line at Shawnee Bend on a clear sunny day.

Tranquility stood out in abundance on this Wednesday, enabling most of what I captured on film. One couple had just finished up their morning walk with their fluffy little friend, while another two were only yard away from departure, leaving the trail entirely to me and my striped sidekick.  The sun shone brightly in the wrong direction at the bluff though, coupled with haze from smoke in the area, foiled any attempt at a decent capture.

An intriguing set of ruins offered time to reflect on the history of the space before the lake came into being.  Somebody put a lot of effort into a little cabin here; in particular the fireplace mantle.  It would be interesting to hear the story, though it is probably lost to time forever.

Afternoon Escape to the Lake with Catfish

 

Skipping out of town on a random Wednesday afternoon, I headed south into the Lake of the Ozarks.  The mission for the the day was to meet with an old friend I had not seen or heard from in a very long time.  

The journey took about as much time as expected, with the winds and temperatures of a looming cold front chasing me the entire way.  The cloudy skies did not follow along at all, thankfully.  Clear blue skies dominated the afternoon in this neck of the woods.  "Chances R" hosted an excellent lunch for us, where the Catfish were extremely well fed and very delicious.  

While the time and the food were more than we really wanted to leave, rampaging deer populations intent on impaling themselves upon any vehicle available generally encourage departure in sufficient time to ensure a keen ability to spot them before the opportunity arrives.  

I had intended to simply return the way I had come.  It had been pleasant enough rolling down MO-135 but I missed my turn, semi-intentionally.  Heading north through Gravois Mills, I found a once booming economic hub now a shadow of its former self, though still offering the perfect sort of escape on the edge of the Ozark insanity.

The remainder of the journey proved mostly unremarkable.  A pause in Sedalia offered up an interesting older piece of art on the side of a building.  Beyond that, I found little else worth a pause, only a detour.  Someone had fouled up the flow of things along US-50 right at MO-13, forcing a detour to the north.  This forced an encounter with I-70 and major construction, somewhat ruining what was other was a great out on the road.  

Tao Verse 12

the Sage is led by his inner truth and not his outer eye

Power BI Report Mobile Layout - Snack 20

In this mobile world, you might want to enable a cleaner view of reporting for those interested in accessing reports through the Power BI app.

You didn't know there is an App for that?

There is indeed.  Look it up in your favorite app store and access all of your reports on the go, after we get this ready, of course.

Let's get going ... 

1)  Jump into your report and switch to EDIT mode.

2)  Click "Mobile Layout," at the top of the screen, just underneath the title of the report.

-   A screen appears offering the opportunity to "Create a mobile layout."

-  Do NOT click that button that says "Auto-create mobile layout."

-  Try that some other time.

On the right of the screen are two panels, "Page Visuals" and "Visualizations."

The "Page Visuals" panel displays all the elements from the report created.

The "Visualizations" panel enables you to modify the element for better visibility in mobile view, without impacting the original desktop display you created.  To do so, click the element you want to adjust, and the panel will populate with options available for modification.

3) From the "Page Visuals" panel, click, drag & drop the little boxes out onto the white area that looks like mobile device.

-  Take them one at a time.  When they appear on the mobile device layout, gray handles appear enabling you to resize and reposition the element. Position and size it, then move on to the next.

-  It will not let you stretch off screen, thankfully.  

-  It will let you lay them over the top of each other though, so beware of that.

-  Hover over and scroll on the mobile device layout to get more real estate.  

4)  File > Save

-  To get back to the original Desktop Layout View, click the icon in the lower left of the screen that looks like a computer screen.  

 

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I hope you enjoyed tagging along with this little exercise.   This concludes the last regular installment of these little snacks.  There will be other editions, just not quite as frequent, I think.  You never know.

There is a lot more that can be done in Power BI.  We hit all the core elements though.

Everything else can be figured out by clicking around, asking around the interwebs, or your favorite Artificial Idiot (AI).  The latter is usually right, most of the time.  You know how it is.  You are doing 100% better if you figure it on your own though.

Microsoft hosts an excellent support community (Power BI forums - Microsoft Fabric Community).  The folks over there can answer just about any question or at least work through figuring it out with you.

Additionally, Guy in a Cube on YouTube is an excellent resource for tips, tricks, demos, feature reviews and really digging into the guts of Power BI, and they are more interesting than most.

Tao Verse 11

when a thing has existence alone it is mere dead-weight