Posts filed under Beginner

P3: Power Query (M)agic Part 2: Organizing Your Queries

Article by: Reid Havens

Welcome back P3 Nation for Part 2 of our Power Query (M)agic series! Today I’ll be addressing an issue many of us have experienced, what to do with the LAUNDRY LIST of PQ queries you have. Since it feels really awkward to say Power Query Queries…for the rest of this post they will be simply called queries, keeping it simple folks! Any respectable data model often ends up with a plethora of queries. The more queries you have, the harder it is to navigate or find the one you want. This is where today’s solution comes in! 

Posted on July 27, 2017 and filed under Power Query, Beginner, PowerPivotPro.

Stick a Drop Pin in It: Visualize Data With Maps (DAX Reanimator Series: Part 2)

Article by: Reid Havens

Greetings P3 Nation! I’m here today to talk about maps, maps, globes, charts, topographical representations, and…well frankly I’m out of map synonyms.

However there’s at least twice as many ways to visualize data with maps in Power BI as there are ways for me say the word map! I wonder how many times I can get the word map in this post…I’ll basically be an certified cartographer by the time I’m done writing this. 

P3: My Top 5 Power BI Visual Design Practices: Transforming Good to GREAT

Article by: Reid Havens

Hello again P3 nation, today I’d like to drop some reporting knowledgeI’m going to share some of my best practices for Power BI Reporting I’ve developed over the years. As many of you are aware, a large part of the BI developer’s / analyst’s job is to not only create the report, but also to make sure it looks good, tells a story, pops, or my personal favorite “is aesthetically pleasing”.

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Dashboard in an Hour Webinar with Reid Havens

Dashboard In An Hour is a high-level introduction to Power BI in only an hour.  You'll get experience in building a Power BI dashboard including.

  • How Power BI can turn your unrelated sources of data into coherent, visually immersive, and interactive insights.
  • To easily connect to your data sources, visualize (or discover) what’s important, and share that with anyone or everyone you want.
Posted on May 24, 2017 and filed under Power BI, Beginner, Design & Presentation, DAX.