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(Livestream Replay) 5 Ways to Get Power BI Data into Excel! None are Copy Paste! - with Wyn Hopkins

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The reality is folks need / want their data in Excel at some point. While Power BI reduces that need, it still exists. Wyn’s demos will show how to connect using various approaches including a trick to create a connected table with the help of “create formatted table” feature of Power BI, and the largely unknown Featured Table option.

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Wyn Hopkins is a Microsoft MVP, trainer, consultant and author of the book “Power BI for the Excel Analyst”

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Wyn is the director of the Power BI and Excel consulting firm “Access Analytic”. Their YouTube channel has 40,000+ subscribers and he co-runs the Perth Power BI and Modern Excel meetup group. Once upon a time Wyn was a chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers but Wyn and team now spend their time delivering Power BI and Excel training along with reporting solutions for clients of all industries and sizes. Wyn’s claim to fame is that he suggested and campaigned for the creation of the XLOOKUP function.

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Posted on March 2, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Livestreams, Excel, Power BI, Power BI Features and tagged Data Export Excel Analyze in Excel Power BI Datasets.

(Livestream Replay) Next Gen Visualizations in Power BI - with Gopal

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  1. Deliver Advanced Visualizations with Data Stories in no-code user experience in just few clicks.

  2. How Inforiver Charts is helping Tableau, Qlik and Tibco Spotfire customers to migrate to Power BI by offering change management with coverage to missing features and functionalities.

  3. We will focus on demonstrating unique features on why Inforiver Charts over Deneb or Native Power BI Visuals.

  4. Buying Direct with Microsoft - Inforiver Charts and/or other Transactable Custom Visuals 5. Inforiver Charts Pricing Model.

  5. What’s the roadmap for Inforiver Charts.

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Posted on February 20, 2023 by Reid Havens and filed under Livestreams, Custom Visuals, Power BI and tagged Inforiver Custom Visuals IBCS Trellis / Small Multiples Small Multiples.

(Livestream Replay) Exploring Azure Synapse Analytics - with Eric Gleiter & Justin Moen

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Have you considered using Azure Synapse Analytics? You may have wondered how it differs from some of the other Azure tools you're familiar with (such as Data Factory, Data Lake Gen2, SQL Data Warehouse, etc.) and when you should use Synapse over the others. We'll review what Azure Synapse is, how to get started using it, some "gotchas" to watch out for, and we'll show how we help get data into Synapse in an organized and usable way for reporting and analytics in a matter of weeks.

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Justin Moen is a business intelligence professional who has a passion for working with data and working with his clients to leverage data as a competitive advantage. Over the past 20 years, Justin has worked with many database solutions, such as Oracle, SQL Server, and Snowflake. He is quick at mastering new tools and has a great understanding of current trends in the industry. To complement his technical knowledge, Justin is excellent at working with both business and IT team members to help bring both sides together to produce strategies and solutions that propel businesses forward.

Eric Gleiter is a dedicated and driven application developer knowledgeable in a wide variety of tools. He is experienced in Data Governance and Data Engineering. His ability to learn and digest new information and technologies enables him to quickly understand, implement, and innovate solutions to client’s needs. Eric's mathematics background makes him both flexible and rigorous when it comes to implementing solutions- enabling him to break down complex problems into manageable parts that can be quickly addressed- allowing for fast and effective solutions.

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Posted on October 14, 2022 by Reid Havens and filed under Livestreams, Azure, Beginner, Intermediate, Power BI, Admin & Management and tagged Azure Synapse Synapse.