(Livestream Replay) How to Start Your Power BI Career on the Right Foot (By Specializing!)

Your Grandma was right! You cannot please everyone. When you go out there and wave your flag as a Power BI Professional, that's exactly what you are trying to do. And it doesn't work. Either you get no results or have to work really hard for every inch of progress. The problem is that most professionals either miss or mess-up the first crucial step of their Power BI Career - niching down! In this session we'd talk about:

  • Why niching down is the crucial first step towards a successful Power BI Career

  • How you can come up with the niche that you should focus on

  • Address some of the fears you may have about niching down (a classic one is: "Oh, but I don't want to miss out on all the other opportunities out there by niching down")

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If you are searching for a more meaningful work life as a Power BI Consultant βž” Where you do what you love, create an impact by helping others and create a life of freedom for yourself βž” Then Avi is dedicated in helping you achieve those goals. Hint: The classic wisdom of "Learning More" and "Working Hard" actually does NOT help you get to these goals. Avi leads a five-step program to creating successful Power BI Consultants, starting with the first step...you guessed it ;-) "Niching Down"

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Posted on June 18, 2021 and filed under Livestreams, Topics & Discussion.

Advanced Slicer Selection Reset For Drillthrough Pages

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn how to leverage a bit of bookmark magic to clear/reset slicer selections on a drillthrough page. Even when those slicers have no association with any of the drillthrough filters.

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(Livestream Replay) Identify, Build & Represent Your Power BI Skills (with Seth Bauer)

Join us for an in depth discussion with Seth Bauer as we explore ways to identify, build, and represent your Power BI Skills. There are so many different areas within Power BI that require different skillsets. Do you know what those are? Do you know how to raise your professional bar and which direction to take? After you set the stage, and learn new things, do you know how to represent your skills to potential new employers or people you meet?

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Seth is passionate about discovering insights from data while solving data related business problems. His experience working with all areas of business and IT have given him a unique perspective and ability to communicate and drive change effectively within organizations related to Data & Analytics solutions and initiatives. He has had the opportunity to architect and implement many different data solutions using Microsoft tools covering a wide variety of industries and companies.

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Posted on June 11, 2021 and filed under Livestreams, Topics & Discussion, Power BI.

Conditionally Show/Hide Matrix Columns Using Calculation Groups

Video by: Reid Havens

Learn yet another way to leverage calculation groups to conditionally show or hide column metrics based on either: if blank conditions, or slicer selections in Power BI.

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