Explicit Measures Podcast

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the "final" part of Implementation Planning docs in Solution planning. We need to now gather requirements, what to do, and how best to keep the teams on board? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: http...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a great article by Christopher Laubenthal, which argues the lack of data roles at organizations is the root cause for data illiteracy. Why the need to raise the understanding of how roles are classified is critical towards success and what the pitfalls. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their journey on Implementation Planning around Power BI & Microsoft Fabric. Today, it is all about priority, getting the business on board, and aligning expectations on what is going to be done. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-tactical-planning? WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#step-3-define-solutions-a...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss an article by Tabular Editor on how do we properly gather requirements around models. https://blog.tabulareditor.com/2023/12/07/gather-requirements-for-semantic-models/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https:/...

Forgot to get these out! This is part 5 of our Implementation Power BI series, as Mike, Seth, & tommy dive into objectives when it comes to tactical planning for Power BI. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through more mailbags from the community on process & technology, data literacy, and moving forward in data platforms. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesda...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their Implementation Tuesdays as they dive into what it means to have key results and measurable success. WE UNDERSTAND EPISODES 287 & 288 HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED YET - WE ARE WORKING ON THIS! Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page ....

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dissect a video from the amazing John Cleese (yes, the John Cleese from Monty Python) about creativity in management... How can we be more creative in Power BI, adoption, and culture? https://youtu.be/Pb5oIIPO62g?si=66KNV2I8p5ZlESzz Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their deep dive into Microsoft's Implementation Guide and focus on what Goals mean, how to get them right, and getting the business onboard. https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-strategic-planning? WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#step-4-decide-on-the-bi-goals-and-priorities Get in touch: Send in your questions or...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a great article by Ralph Torres on what happens when adoption goes wrong. How do we deal with control, ownership, and the struggle for how we deal with data. https://www.level5analytics.com/post/down-and-dirty-with-the-politics-of-data Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue to dive into Microsoft's white paper on implementing Power BI. Today, the importance of the right stakeholder - who are they and how to identify - and what it means to run a workshop around business needs. Power BI implementation planning: BI strategic planning - Power BI | Microsoft Learn Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by...

Mike, Seth & Tommy break down the highlights around Power BI in 2023 (Remember when January started with Data Mart updates?) and what is going to change the way we work moving forward. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tip...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy kick off the new year in a flash as we continue the Power BI Implementation series and dive in. This is part 2, which is JUST finishing the first article on Strategic planning. Have you ever done assessments and workshops with your org, and how important did you ever think that would be towards adoption? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementa...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an awesome article by Data Marc about the change of how Business Intelligence & Customer Viewpoints (Dynamics, Salesforce) will integrate with Microsoft Fabric. Article: https://data-marc.com/2023/12/01/the-future-of-customer-understanding-through-microsoft-fabric/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITip...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy raise the stakes on giving new Power BI gifts - what perfect (not real) gifts would be Power BI & Microsoft Fabric incredible? And now they are ranking the gifts. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.t...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a new article from Microsoft Fabric, Semantic Link & Semantic Models, and how it dives into data quality and data scientists(?). https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/semantic-link-data-validation-using-great-expectations?ft=All Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag...

Starting today, we are focusing on Implementation Tuesdays, focusing on the Microsoft Documentation focused on Strategic, Tactical, and Solution Planning. Today the focus is on the objectives, the people, and the use cases and why the start is so crucial. Article is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-strategic-planning Get in to...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy figure out the what new impact on business users the Power BI Explore feature can have on adoption, feature enablement, and trusting data in Power BI. Link to Article: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-explore-public-preview/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or s...

Mike, Seth, Tommy see what it means to effectively communicate with the business, aligning strategy, goals, and relationships, and structuring BI around BUSINESS VALUE. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/fabric-adoption-roadmap-business-alignment Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into how important Real Time Analytics and what is going in Microsoft Fabric. Link: https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/fabric-changing-the-game-real-time-analytics?ft=All Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive back into the Adoption Roadmap and focus on change management. How does this work from a small, medium, and enterprise scale? What are the universal truths and best practices? Article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/fabric-adoption-roadmap-change-management Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerB...

Hot off the press, Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an incredible new function for Power Query (M). The ability to read and process Delta Lake Tables. What implications does this have? What are the use cases? https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/read-data-from-delta-lake-tables-with-the-deltalake-table-m-function?ft=All Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss...

Taking a different take based on another great article by Kurt Buhler, the guys dive into the integration of not just the ability to use OneLake with Tableau and other products. How does Semantic Link and the ability to spin up a SQL end point WITHIN POWER BI change the game? Link to article: https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/connect-tableau-to-power-bi Get in touch: Send in your questions or topi...

This Thanksgiving, we are thankful for YOU! Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who give us awesome encouragement. In honor of all of you, we are going through more mailbags with our hot takes from your submissions. If you want us to have a conversation on an idea or question you have, you can find the mailbag link below. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to di...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss an article by Umesh Bhatt that challenges the norm around building our reports as projects and when does the project end? Should we moving to agile, or should we focusing on our reports as products within the organization? https://medium.com/@8thcross/data-product-operating-model-a885a754c476 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by t...