Explicit Measures Podcast

Following up on our previous episode, the second Decision Guide article by Microsoft focuses on when to choose a data warehouse or a data lakehouse. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/get-started/decision-guide-warehouse-lakehouse 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 Podcas...

We're diving deep into the world of data processing with Microsoft Fabric and their data copy decision guide. This guide is a treasure trove of information for anyone grappling with the decision of whether to use copy activity, dataflow, or Spark for their data workloads. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/get-started/decision-guide-pipeline-dataflow-spark https://learn.microsoft.com/en-...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy delve into the expansive possibilities of data management with #MicrosoftFabric. Now that Power BI Dataflows Gen2 have desintations, when and what should we use? Pipelines, Dataflows, or Spark - Oh My! Article here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/get-started/decision-guide-pipeline-dataflow-spark Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discus...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the major features of Microsoft Fabric - OneLake & DirectLake. Why do these stand out and how integral are they to the entire platform? 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 ep...

With all of the amazing new announcements at Microsoft Build, one that may have escaped many Power BI developers in the ability to work with Git & Power BI development. Mike, Seth, & Tommy introduce the concept and explore the changes this will have on process and people. Resource: https://blog.fabric.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-git-integration-in-microsoft-fabric-for-seamless-sou...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how the recently updated Power BI Buttons and features change the way we build bookmarks and interactivity in Reports. From the Page Navigator and Bookmark Navigator, what and how should we be using them? 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 Podcas...

It's all about Microsoft Fabric & Power BI at Microsoft Build. Enough said. Resources on Fabric: https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/fabric-announcements https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7067131016649338881/ 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 P...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a roadmap feature recently removed from the Power Platform Release Wave roadmap: The ability to save and curate a personal query collection in Power Query. This feature used to be available in Power Query in Excel, but currently there is no way to create a personal library of saved queries in Power BI or Excel. What are alternative solutions, approaches, and techniq...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a potential new skill for all Power BI Pro's... Do we need to know the Python language as Data Analysts? With the introduction of the new create Power BI Reports in Jupyter Notebooks and Python becoming a more and more prominent language in data engineering, will this be a required skill of Power BI Pro's? Blog here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blo...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the recently released visual feature added to Power BI titles: the ability to add a title divider and the subtitle. How important are these, and should this be primarily used? What is the overall purpose and what change does it make? Details here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-march-2023-feature-summary/#post-22359-_Toc128998036 Get in touch: Sen...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how important is, and will be collaboration in Power BI & data exploration moving forward. How do we identify who to collaborate with, aligning expectations, and breaking down roles & responsibilities . More details here: https://nightingaledvs.com/data-exploration-collaboration/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeti...

We have a special edition podcast! Mike, Seth, & Tommy interview Emily Lisa from Microsoft on the amazing, brand new modeling on the web feature now available in the Power BI Service. More Details Here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/edit-your-data-model-in-the-power-bi-service-public-preview-opt-in/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy break down an the influx of low-code / no-code options available for organizations and how this changes the data landscape. From tribal knowledge to increase documentation to helping to bridge the hap between data logic. Article: https://www.phdata.io/blog/why-your-organization-needs-a-code-and-no-code-option/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to di...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an incredible concept / article by Kat Greenbook on what is Data Communication... 3 areas: To Discover To Inform To Educate Thread here: https://twitter.com/KatGreenbrook/status/1584687259877773312 Article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/avoid-making-so-what-dashboards-steve-wexler/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by twee...

We are breaking down a great video by EnterpriseDNA's Sam McKay focuses on complex reports with great style and understanding the techniques. What should a Power BI Developer know? How to approach it based on a migration, learning new practices, and overall how to tackle and why to tackle learning a new report style. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by twee...

Mike, Seth & Tommy discuss the merits of using conditional formatting in Power BI reports and just what and how much of a impact they can make. Can formatting save your reports and be the catalyst for new context in data? What does formatting need in order for it to provide the actions and insights, and where can it distract? More than likely we will be diving into Kurt Buhler's amazing ar...

Our episode today picks up right where we left off to finish this 2-part series based on Ryan Dolley's series of articles. If you missed part 1, check it out here: What does the next age of Analytics look like? If the introduction of Power BI disrupted professionals, organizations, and process, what does the next age have in store? Mike, Seth, & Tommy see how far off we are to a major shif...

If you have had the chance to read the book Effective Data Storytelling by Brent Dykes, you are going to love this conversation today. Mike, Seth, & Tommy debate the unique concepts focused on the idea we need to "frame" our reports more than try to tell a story. How does this work with our current workloads, what organizations expect of us, and with Power BI? Can we tell true storie...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an amazing two part series (part 2 is next week) on how BI has evolved and the hot take that we are exiting an era of BI as we know it and about to enter a new one. For those who are a bit younger... Power BI wasn't always the way organizations developed and consumed data. However Power BI has been the primary catalyst on moving us out of one era and where we...

We have an excellent article by Ben Watt, MVP, on how to incorporate, integrate, and build business metrics into our reports. Why are business metrics different than just, metrics? How can they elevate our reports? Read the article, and find out how to become proactive as a BI Analyst. https://www.datalineo.com/post/business-metrics-or-raising-the-bar-on-delivering-insight Get in touch: Send in yo...

With the announcement of TMDL and new deployment pipelines features, where do we go from here? Where does Source Control exist for Power BI Developers and what do they need to know? Links: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-of-the-tabular-model-definition-language-tmdl/ https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/now-on-deployment-pipelines-view-items-code-changes-befo...

We live in a world of Best Practices and learning best practices for Power BI. It is ingrained in us and from documentation to learning. However, the idea that best practices are universal for each use case is a fallacy. Data models, logic, and needs are unique to each model and report. People, features, and situations call for being able to use methods that may not fall into the universally known...

Mike, Seth, & Tommy have a spirted conversation focused on what the role of a Power BI Admin should encompass, what is in their scope, and what difference they can make from adoption and governance. 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...

We are diving into another amazing article that challenges what impact AI will have on the work of creating visuals and being able to create reports. Where is the technology already at, and what should the Power BI professional know, be aware of, and understand? Article here: https://medium.com/the-visual-agency/what-ai-knows-about-data-visualization-and-storytelling-f68471669099 Get in touch: Sen...

We made it to 200! And what better way to summarize why we love what we do is discuss a new game hanging feature to Power BI and how ALL developers will build there reports. You may know and love the format pane for data and visual formatting... That is going away! Microsoft is moving towards a new interactive method like Excel, choosing the object and visual properties rather than on a right hand...