(Livestream Replay) Building a Digital Nervous System using Data Activator - with Will Thompson

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Data Activator is a new product in Microsoft Fabric that monitors data in Power BI reports and Event streams for when the data hits certain thresholds or matches other patterns. Then it automatically takes appropriate action such as alerting users or kicking off Power Automate workflows. You can use it to build operational systems of detection to automate actions over changing data. Will leads the product team, and is here to show how you can get started with demos and discussion around the product.

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Will is a self-confessed data geek, working his way through sysadmin and DBA roles before joining Microsoft. He spent 5 years helping customers in the UK implement and get value out of Microsoft’s BI solution. When an opportunity arose to move into product engineering in 2012, he jumped at it and took ownership of Power BI’s visual and modeling features. In 2022 he started running Product Management for Data Activator, a new product for monitoring and acting on changes in data.

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(Livestream Replay) New & Exciting Features for the Measure Killer - with Gregor Brunner

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Upgrade your Power BI Desktop experience with Measure Killer, a streamlined external tool for better efficiency and clean organization. It expertly finds and deletes unnecessary columns and measures, reducing clutter.
Beyond the Desktop, Measure Killer works with Power BI Service, scanning linked reports to safely clean shared datasets without needing extra software downloads.
Additionally, we're gearing up to launch an insightful tenant analysis feature. It will give a clear picture of your tenant's use, showing reports with custom visuals, the count of report-level measures, and frequent DAX expressions, all aimed at boosting your Power BI's performance and management.

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Gregor Brunner has a background in Economics but moved into Business Intelligence in 2016. Originally from Austria, he moved to Switzerland in 2020 and started Brunner BI, a boutique IT company that specializes in Microsoft Power BI development and consulting. In 2022 his team started building Power BI external tool "Measure Killer".

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(Livestream Replay) Creating a Measurement Framework - with Tommy Puglia

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Let's face it. too many of our reporting solutions do not have the impact we expect, and it usually comes down to what we are measuring. Too many organizations may not be measuring the rights things and measuring them the right way. So how do we frame and move teams, users, and organizations to measure their metrics the right way, the way that causes impact? Tommy introduces the Measurement Framework, a project based plan that works with organizations and teams on calibrating their metrics to direct impact.

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Tommy is the founder of Puglia BI Consulting, a firm focused on advisory for Adoption & Process, Training, and Development around Power BI at organizations. He is currently leading various implementations of a new Training Program as well. He is the one of the co-hosts on the Explicit Measures Podcasts, a Power BI dedicated podcast that dives into the impact and the why around Microsoft's Power BI features, tools, and solutions. You can hear him along with Mike Carlo & Seth Bauer of PowerBI.tips every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30am on YouTube.

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(Livestream Replay) Supercharge your Power BI Monitoring with Argus PBI - with Greg Baldini

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You need to know what's going on in your Power BI tenant. There is a wealth of information available in the Power BI Admin APIs, data to support all sorts of operational monitoring and analytics: unified refresh monitoring, cross-workspace report usage, end-to-end security lineage (who can see what sources, who has actually viewed data from those), datasource refresh utilization (are you slamming one database with dozens of refreshes at 8am every day?), and so much more. Busy Power BI Administrators and Operators need this information, and they can't wait for it. Argus PBI provides turnkey whole-tenant monitoring.

Join Argus cofounder Greg Baldini as he shows off the insights available when you combine data available from those APIs.

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He slices! He dices! When it comes to Power BI, Greg Baldini does it all. And he is here to show you how to, too! Cofounder of Argus PBI, cofounder and editor at Power BI Ops, and Senior Analytics Consultant at FirstLight Analytics, I keep myself busy advancing the conversation and practice of operating Power BI effectively at scale. My career has been spent in data and consulting, spanning industries and business domains. Of particular note and pride this year: 2023 is my decade of DAX, which seems a fun anniversary to celebrate.

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