POWER BI Links and Resources

Heath Wilder — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 06:41:14 GMT

Current Revision posted to Wiki by Heath Wilder on 10/13/2023 6:41:14 AM

From the Forum

Interested in F2F Power BI Training

These guys do a good job for folks who already know MS Excel but want to jump forward with the MS Power BI suite primarily the analytic components in Power Pivot.

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/power-pivot-powerbi-excel-training-class-schedule/

They also have a bunch of good resources on their blog.

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/

Want to learn more about Microsoft's Self Service BI.

From Tom Brown

Here is a 4 part on demand course from Microsoft Virtual Academy about Excel 2013 Power BI fundamentals.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2014/12/10/excel-2013-power-bi-fundamentals-training.aspx

Power BI connector for Tessitura Analytics

From Robert Derby

Tessitura has an excellent Analytics product for modern dashboards. Unfortunately, it only provides insight on data within the Tessitura database. Many organizations have multiple sources of data for example digital video, marketing data, finance systems, etc. We need comprehensive and easy analytics that includes all the data sources needed to make strategic decisions.

One way that could help is if Tessitura would facilitate mechanisms to more easily share data from Analytics. I am aware orgs can schedule exports of reports, but these are only a snapshot of the data. There is also a REST API but I believe it does not pull from Analytics and would require extensive programming to recreate the same dashboards.

I ask that Tessitura create (or help create) a Microsoft Power BI connector to Analytics. Power BI is a popular analytics tool designed for organizations to easily create custom visuals using many data sources. It would be ideal if the connector allowed us to pull from our existing Tessitura dashboards and widgets.

This should not take away from the need for Tessitura Analytics dashboards as the foundation for organization strategic decisions. We would simply be building on them with additional data.

Happy to discuss and collaborate.

VOTE HERE

Tags: Data Analysis, power bi

POWER BI Links and Resources

Heath Wilder — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 06:40:13 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Wiki by Heath Wilder on 10/13/2023 6:40:13 AM

From the Forum

Interested in F2F Power BI Training

From Tom Brown

These guys do a good job for folks who already know MS Excel but want to jump forward with the MS Power BI suite primarily the analytic components in Power Pivot.

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/power-pivot-powerbi-excel-training-class-schedule/

They also have a bunch of good resources on their blog.

http://www.powerpivotpro.com/

Want to learn more about Microsoft's Self Service BI.

From Tom Brown

Here is a 4 part on demand course from Microsoft Virtual Academy about Excel 2013 Power BI fundamentals.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2014/12/10/excel-2013-power-bi-fundamentals-training.aspx

Power BI connector for Tessitura Analytics

From Robert Derby

Tessitura has an excellent Analytics product for modern dashboards. Unfortunately, it only provides insight on data within the Tessitura database. Many organizations have multiple sources of data for example digital video, marketing data, finance systems, etc. We need comprehensive and easy analytics that includes all the data sources needed to make strategic decisions.

One way that could help is if Tessitura would facilitate mechanisms to more easily share data from Analytics. I am aware orgs can schedule exports of reports, but these are only a snapshot of the data. There is also a REST API but I believe it does not pull from Analytics and would require extensive programming to recreate the same dashboards.

I ask that Tessitura create (or help create) a Microsoft Power BI connector to Analytics. Power BI is a popular analytics tool designed for organizations to easily create custom visuals using many data sources. It would be ideal if the connector allowed us to pull from our existing Tessitura dashboards and widgets.

This should not take away from the need for Tessitura Analytics dashboards as the foundation for organization strategic decisions. We would simply be building on them with additional data.

Happy to discuss and collaborate.

VOTE HERE

Avoiding the Pitfalls to production-ready Power Query results

From Tom and Neil

Includes some tips on training

You too can deliver production-ready robust queries vis MS Power Query if your avoid "The Ten Pitfalls of the Data Wrangler..." I came across this article that you might find of interest. I know that I have personally discovered some of these issues.

https://powerpivotpro.com/2017/02/the-ten-pitfalls-of-the-data-wrangler-aka-the-wielder-of-mpower-query/

ExcelIsFun

Here is the BEST YouTube channel I’ve found regarding Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI

(I kept running into his videos and then I finally clicked the profile; then my jaw dropped looking at all the videos.)

ExcelIsFun

Includes links to downloadable files so you can follow along, PDF of notes (well done notes), and time stamped outline of topics (so you can easily get to the part you want)):

FREE Excel Education

3,000 Excel videos — 100 Playlists

Data Analysis and Business Intelligence Made Easy with Excel Power Tools. Excel Data Analysis Basics (E-DAB).

E-DAB 06: The Magic of Power Query to Import, Transform, & Load Data

Excel Magic Trick 1331: Import Excel Files & Sheets into Excel: Power Query Get & Transform

Tags: Data Analysis, power bi