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Day: October 30, 2023

Plotting Logistic Regression in R

Published 2023-10-30 by Kevin Feasel

Steven Sanderson performs a logistic regression:

Logistic regression is a statistical method used for predicting the probability of a binary outcome. It’s a fundamental tool in machine learning and statistics, often employed in various fields such as healthcare, finance, and marketing. We use logistic regression when we want to understand the relationship between one or more independent variables and a binary outcome, which can be “yes/no,” “1/0,” or any two-class distinction.

Click through to learn how to do this.

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Ensure Azure Backup Retention Periods via Azure Policy

Published 2023-10-30 by Kevin Feasel

Sabrin Alsahsah keeps backups around:

In this blog article, we will cover how to prevent and deny the automated backup retention days for Azure SQL database to be lower than X number of days.

We have received some service requests from customers that would like to ensure that they have for example 14 days as a retention period for their automated backup and would like to do this using a custom policy since they have multiple databases.

You can follow the steps below to create a custom policy and ensure this:

Click through for that process.

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ApplicationContext Updates for Power BI

Published 2023-10-30 by Kevin Feasel

Chris Webb shares an update with us:

If you’re a fan of using Log Analytics for monitoring Power BI activity, then you may have noticed there’s some new data in the ApplicationContext column of the PowerBIDatasetsWorkspace table. Up until recently the ApplicationContext column only contained IDs that identify the report and the visual that generated a DAX query (something I blogged about here); it now contains additional information on the type of Power BI report that generated the query and an ID for the user session.

This is quite useful for seeing not just that people are using your Power BI services, but also who and what they are using to consume the information. Though do beware Chris’s warning about consumption method before you get too excited.

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Enabling Python and R Support for VS Code Polyglot Notebooks

Published 2023-10-30 by Kevin Feasel

Joy George Kunjikkur enables a preview option:

Obviously, we should have Polyglot notebooks up and running. The first step to enable Python preview is that we need to install Jupyter on the machine and make sure the Python kernel spec is available. Run the below command to make sure it is there.

It looks like what the preview is doing is shelling out to Jupyter notebooks, so I’d imagine variables won’t cross over between languages.

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Row- and Column-Level Security in Microsoft Fabric Warehouses

Published 2023-10-30 by Kevin Feasel

Maheswaran Arunachalam gives us an update on data security in Microsoft Fabric:

Row-Level Security (RLS) and Column-Level Security (CLS) are methods that simplify the design and coding of security in applications by imposing restrictions on data access. CLS allows for specific users to access only certain columns of a table relevant to their department, protecting sensitive data. RLS, on the other hand, restricts users to accessing only data rows pertinent to their role or department. Both methods locate the access restriction logic in the database tier, applying the restrictions every time data access is attempted from any tier, making the security system more reliable and robust.

Click through for the process. This is pretty much the same as any SQL Server-based system.

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