(Livestream Replay) Managing Power BI, to Prepare for Fabric - with Alex Whittles

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Power BI is in place in almost all organizations, with varying degrees of effectiveness in its implementation. The introduction of Fabric introduces a transformative shift, amplifying both the opportunities and complexities associated with Power BI. Consequently, it becomes imperative to proactively manage your Power BI ecosystem, focusing on key aspects such as structure, security, processes, and monitoring. This not only establishes a solid foundation for Power BI governance, but also paves the way for migrating your data engineering workloads into Fabric, while retaining full control, transparency, and governance over your data environment.

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Alex is a 9 year Data Platform MVP, and is the owner and principle consultant at Purple Frog Systems, a Microsoft Data Analytics consultancy in the UK with multinational clients in a variety of sectors. He specialises in the architecture and design of all aspects of data warehousing, ETL, cubes, Power BI and Machine Learning. He’s also the creator of Power BI Sentinel. Alex is on the organizing committee for the SQL Bits conference, and is a regular speaker at many data events around the world including SQL Bits, Data Relay, SQL Saturdays, Data Grillen, 24 HOP and the PASS Summit, and has a Masters degree in Business Intelligence.

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Explosion Vs Erosion for Stacked Charts in Power BI!

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about a recently released feature for Power BI that lets you choose how to add spaces between stacked chart categories. Either by "Exploding" or "Eroding" to create those spaces. Each has their pros/cons so tune in to learn more!

(Livestream Replay) DAX Query View Best Practices & Historical Context - with Jeffrey Wang

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The November Desktop release's public preview of the DAX Query View has ignited excitement among the DAX community. This feature represents the first new view since the inception of Desktop, joining the existing trio of Report View, Data View, and Model View. This addition is poised to transform the way DAX programmers approach their craft, encouraging them to write their own DAX queries more frequently.

A common challenge with DAX lies in its flexibility, as multiple methods often exist to achieve similar results. DAX queries are no exception; the community has already begun discussing various functions capable of producing comparable query results. In this episode, we will delve into the recommended functions and patterns for writing DAX queries. We aim to demystify the best practices recommended by the product team by exploring the historical context of their development.

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Jeffrey has over twenty years of experience in the BI industry and joined the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services team in 2004. As a co-inventor of the DAX programming language, Jeffrey has watched it grow from an unknown language to one that is widely used worldwide. His latest projects in DAX include the development of the recently announced Visual Calculations.

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NEW Visualization Formatting & Data Label Updates! (with Miguel Myers)

Video by: Reid Havens

Join Miguel Myers and I as we showcase all the new formatting, spacing, sorting, and design options coming to a handful of native visuals for the December 2023 release of Power BI Desktop. Plus explore the new advanced data labeling options that will let you display up to three distinct rows of values on visuals. Tune in to learn more!

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Miguel Myers is a principal program manager at Microsoft that is passionate about data visualizations, graphic design, and marketing. He is now leading the new generation of visuals and Power BI as product manager.