FabCon 2024
We are now a week on from the closure of Microsoft’s European Fabric Conference, and I thought it was a good time to reflect on the 4 days in Stockholm. Value for money As the owner of a small company where going to a conference like this means “paying my own way”, I really felt…
Using Microsoft Fabric for In-Depth Data Profiling
Note: There’s a video version of this post if that’s your preferred way of getting information. This blog post should enable anyone who has access to Microsoft Fabric to be able to produce a Data Profile for their data – like the screenshot below. This profile is from traffic accident data – showing vehicles involved.…
Getting Certified in Power BI (PL-300)
I’ve recently started some work to help a cohort of people get ready for taking the Power BI certification (PL-300). To help them prepare, I wanted to get a better idea of the topics which commonly appear in the exam. To do this, I found every set of example exam questions that I could, and…
Career Advice
I’m not always great at taking advice. My conscious brain seems to reject it at the time it is given – responding with an argument as to “why it won’t work”. My sub-conscious seems to be a lot better at processing the advice. Often after a few hours (or days if my kids have been…
Alternative Solution for Automatic Power BI Report Distribution After Dataset Refresh
In my previous blog post I outlined a solution to only distribute a Power BI report via email/pdf AFTER a dataset refresh had successfully completed. Our Power Automate jobs had previously been triggered on a schedule – and I was always having to check that the data had been refreshed before the scheduled time and…
Automatic Power BI Report Distribution After Dataset Refresh
My previous blogs have been “softer” topics such as encouraging self service in your organisation. I’m excited today to have a more technical blog post to share. This post is about automatically distributing Power BI reports to end users in PDF through Power Automate. Firstly, I would say that I am not a massive fan…
Getting started with Power BI and Self-Service
Disclaimer: This is a tools focussed post. Before anyone comments, I know that self service BI isn’t just about the tools. I’ll talk in other posts about the organisational, governance and process aspects of our journey! When I started my company on our journey towards self service analytics 2 years ago , I really didn’t…
The Value and Importance of Self Service
Like many others before us, the company I work for initially approached reporting and analytics as a team sport – but we only let a very select few people play. Our business looked on as mere spectators – demanding more and more from the small group of elite people given the opportunity to take the…
Blog #1!
Hello world… This is the first blog I’ve ever written which will be visible outside of a company I’ve worked for. It’s the first time I’ve gone out on my own. I’ve never even written a personal blog. I hope that what I’ve learned in data and analytics since 2007 will be interesting to others…
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