Havens Consulting
A lot of videos and articles teach you how to write [DAX]. In this video Daniil Maslyuk and I will show you you how avoid bad [DAX] patterns! This episode will focus on how to avoid unnecessary table functions and the difference between table and scalar functions!
Daniil Maslyuk, MVP, is an independent consultant and the author of the official Microsoft Power BI exam reference books.
In this session we are going to cover how to start your journey with Power BI:
Learning (where? Courses? Learning paths?) // How we started?
Switching careers // (In my case from financial background)
Community engagements // User Groups (Global) – Conferences – Meetups – Livestreams -- Options within the Power BI framework (Admin, Visualization, Dev, Modeling, Automation) // A little bit of personas/teams involved in an Enterprise Deployment with Power BI
Tools // Dax-Studio / Vertipaq Analyzer / Tabular Editor / PowerBIHelper / Documenter & more…
What’s next… (Dataplatform framework / PowerPlatform apps / AI)
Matt Allington and I will breakdown the numerous features in the InfoRiver visual that lets you get to fast insights and analytics using this custom visual. Join us as we use our unique industry backgrounds to provide perspectives on how InfoRiver can be a smooth transition for Excel users to Power BI. We'll also chat about how developers can benefit from specific features such as: Visual Formulas, Excel-like Formatting, Commenting, and Analysis capabilities.
Matt Allington is the owner and principal consultant at Excelerator BI. Matt offers services in 3 main areas: Kickstart Power BI in your organization, training and consulting. Matt Allington is a career expert in Power BI training and has 30+ years experience in using data to deliver business value. Matt is a Microsoft MVP that specializes in Power BI, Power Pivot and Power Query. As a Power BI consultant, Matt can help individuals, business units and companies be more productive and get more value from current and new data. With the revolution in Self Service, Personal and Team based Business Intelligence, the time has never been better to get value from data without having to do a full blown Enterprise BI project.
Join Marco, Alberto, and Reid as they reveal their secrets behind delivering quality and digestible content. Alberto and Marco have delivered a plethora of books, articles, courses, and videos for over a decade. While Reid cut his teeth many years back on much of the content released by SQLBI, he has now released over 150 videos now on YouTube, written numerous blogs, and authored multiple Power BI courses. Between the three of them they’ll share valuable insights on their process for creating educational material across various mediums and what it means to infuse passion into content.
Alberto and Marco have written several books about Power BI, Analysis Service, and Power Pivot. They teach DAX and Tabular modeling, publish articles and videos on sqlbi.com, and regularly speak at international conferences and community events.
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Reid Havens’ early love affair with analytics has, over the past decade, turned into an evolution into data visualization and report design in Power BI.
Since then Reid has been writing articles and creating YouTube videos to share the word of BI, helping to inspire the next generation of Business Intelligence enthusiasts.
