Hi folks! Before we announce our public class schedule for 2017 (cities and dates and content oh my!), I'd like to get just a quick bit of, you know, ACTUAL DATA on what you'd like to see :) Short version: …
We Interrupt Our Regularly-Scheduled Program… Rather than talking about HOW to do things with data, let’s start the new year by spending some time on WHY we care about data investments in the first place. “BORING,” I hear you say,…
I answered some forum questions recently that were similar in nature and I thought they would make a good blog article. The scenario is this: there is a table that contains information about when an employee was absent from work…
Imagine Being Able to Just Collect Exported CSV/TXT/Excel Files in One Folder, Name them Properly/Consistently, and Magically Combine them Into a Single Smart Table Intro from Rob You know my old joke, that “Export to Excel” is the third-most-common button…
I have been working fairly extensively with Finance teams, leveraging Power BI to build financial Models, dashboards and reports. (See some of my recent posts Financial Dashboards, Personalized Dashboards and Q&A). Regardless of the team we’re working with, a very…
I stood there, suddenly tearing up next to the water cooler. I was at a client site, where I had walked over to the kitchen area, and it just struck me - “I would never have a water cooler conversation ever…
Are you a Power BI Ninja Looking for Work in the NYC Area? We have a Power BI Opportunity for you! Some of our friends are looking to fill a role for a Power BI ninja like yourself and we…
Yeah, It’s Hardly an Original Pun So… the United States ran a massive numerical “experiment” last night, and it didn’t turn out the way any of the experts predicted. What does this tell us “numbers people” about our chosen fields?…
I am constantly amazed at how much you can achieve in Power Pivot with a relatively small amount of DAX knowledge. I was working with a client recently and he wanted me to produce a report to see the following:…
“I Built that!” When I was still with Microsoft, as part of the giving campaign, we volunteered to help at a Habitat for Humanity construction site. The site was very close to my home and it ended up being a…