(Livestream Replay) Let Me Sell You on Power BI Goals - with Tommy Puglia

Quite possibly one of the most underrated features available in the Power BI platform is the new Power BI Goals & Scorecard feature set. Announced and released in 2021, Scorecards can dramatically change the way users view and consume high level metrics in their reports.

However, there are questions on the true impact of scorecards for users. This misunderstanding is due to the lack of knowledge that planning out the story and visuals themselves is the critical piece that will drive the true value for users.

This session focuses on what are goals in the Power BI Service, how to properly plan out a scorecard and goals, and utilizing a Power BI report to create a narrative between the two. In essence, Scorecards when set up properly are the true Dashboard in Power BI.

SESSION INCLUDES 📄

• Introduction to the components of a Power BI Scorecard

• Walkthrough of a complete Scorecard and Goal set up

• Utilizing a report to cater to a Scorecard

• Utilizing the potential of Power Automate within goals

• Blue printing a Scorecard for your next report

• Using Scorecards as a Dashboard

GUEST BIO 👤

As a Power BI Microsoft MVP Tommy leads the Chicago Power BI User Group & co-hosts the Explicit Measures Podcast, releasing new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. Tommy is constantly focused on how any report, application, or solution can change and drive behavior. Tommy has been working in Power BI since it was known as Power BI Designer, and responsible for the implementation, adoption, and enhancements of Power BI and the impact it should have. He leads his organization on how data should be integrated, automated, and analyzed in a way that drives business and culture.

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(Livestream Replay) Everything You Need to Know about Power BI Goals - with Treb Gatte

DESCRIPTION 📄

Do you have a lot of reports but are still searching for answers? Do you really know what you are working toward? If so, we need to talk about Power BI Goals and how they can transform how you approach the question, where are we?

GUEST BIO 👤

Treb Gatte is a business intelligence expert with 24 years of experience. Prior to becoming CEO of Marquee Insights, he worked in leadership positions at Microsoft, Starbucks, and Wachovia (now Wells Fargo). He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and former Office MVP. Treb lives in the Seattle area with his wife, children and corgi and holds an MBA from Wake Forest University.

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Calling the Power BI REST API with VS Code - with Mathias Thierbach

This talk introduces Visual Studio Code as a simple and convenient tool to access the Power BI REST APIs. Using the free "REST Client" extension, all aspects of the API can be used from within Visual Studio Code: Invocations can be saved for reuse, variables are supported, and API responses are available in full.

You will also learn about the different authentication types (service principal, interactive, admin), how those differ, and how they're configured.

All examples used in the recording and further notes are available here.

Note that this approach is also substantially faster then the "Try It" button integrated into Microsoft's official API docs here.

GUEST BIO 👤

In 2015, after having spent over ten years as a Software Developer and Architect with Microsoft technologies, Mathias Thierbach moved into the Microsoft BI space. He soon landed on Power BI, but also realized quickly that the development and engineering tools and practices were nothing like the ones well established in software development. This is how pbi-tools started as a project, filling this gap in tooling. Today, leading a growing data management team at YouGov, he experiences the benefits of those efforts every day. Having open sourced the project in fall of 2021, Mathias spends a lot of his free time bringing those practices to the wider Power BI community now.

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(Livestream Replay) The Power BI Community Show Ep 3 - (Guest - Reid Havens)

This is a live show hosted by the Community Program Manager for Power BI, Kelly Kaye. She is passionate about the Power BI Community, co-founder of the Power BI Women Summit, and a Power BI user herself.

On this episode, Kelly speaks with guests Reid Havens who covers reports & visuals, Michele Hart speaks about Power BI known Issues, and Shannon Lindsay talks about Power BI certification.

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