(Livestream Replay) Insights & Learnings from the Microsoft CAT Team - with Kasper De Jonge

Join Kasper De Jonge and I as we dive into his role as a Principal Program Manager for the CAT (Customer Advisory Team) for Power BI at Microsoft! He'll discuss a lot of insights and learnings he's experienced both with enterprise customers and also other employees at Microsoft. Tune in to learn more!

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Kasper de Jonge is a Principal Program Manager on the Power BI team at Microsoft, where he has worked on developing features for Power BI, Power Pivot and other Analysis Services products such as the Tabular model and Multidimensional cubes. He is a frequent speaker at conferences such as Ignite, MBSAS, SQLPASS, and SQLSaturday. He is also author of Dashboarding & Reporting with Power BI: How to Design and Create a Financial Dashboard with Power BI .

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Video by: Reid Havens

Learn about a good starter pack list of extensions (plug-ins) for Visual Studio Code (VS Code). These extensions will be useful for: data modelling (DAX, Power Query), Git Management, Power BI administration, SVG/XML/Java scripting, custom visual development, and more! Tune in to find out.

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"Don't say something cannot be done, or someone who doesn't know will come and do it.". This motto describes me very well. I would say because I am trying to find a path even on fields where paths shouldn't be. I'm the MVP of Data Platform (Power BI) and a co-founder of a company called DataBrothers, where I work as a Lead technical consultant. Primarily I am working with Microsoft Power Platform Technologies (Power BI, Flow / Automate, and PowerApps) and am the Author of the Czech PBI blog Jakna Power BI (translated "How to Power BI").

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Transforming Beast Tables into Beauty Models in Power BI

Learn how to use Power Query to transform wide single tables into relational models that leverage fact and dimension table design with relationships. This process optimizes the tables for the tabular model in Power BI resulting in smaller file/model size, and faster performance! While aiming towards a star schema design, which works best in Power BI. Tune in to learn more!

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(Livestream Replay) Co-Creation: Defining Reporting Requirements with Users - with Kurt Buhler

Many reporting requests have a common starting point - existing reports.

These might be Excel workbooks, large PowerPoint slide decks, or bundles of reports scattered across other technologies. For one reason or another, these reports need to be re-made, re-designed or migrated over to Power BI. “They need to be in Power BI, and they need to be there now.” The business has urgent needs, and there’s pressure from management to see the result. But where do we start? What do we make? Defining the right requirements is essential if we want to make an effective report that is used and delivers value. Otherwise, it will just be collecting digital dust & cobwebs in an abandoned app…

Kurt will discuss three common approaches to collecting reporting requirements, arguing in favor of the third approach - working iteratively & collaboratively with business users.

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Kurt Buhler is a Power BI data goblin, speaker, and consultant. Kurt discovered his passion for working with & analyzing data during his doctoral research in Biomedical Sciences. Since then, he has worked as a consultant and bridge-builder between IT & Business in organizations to derive value from their data using actionable visuals and solutions. He advocates a design-thinking, user-centric approach to data projects to ensure solutions meet business needs and improve effectiveness. He's a lover of cats, tabletop roleplaying games, and all things Power BI & data related.

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