(Livestream Replay) Making The Most Out of The Power Platform - with Nicky van Vroenhoven

ABSTRACT 📄

Have you always wanted to edit your data in Power BI, like in Excel?
Do you want (some of) your users to be able to refresh the Power BI dataset behind a report?
Do you want to refresh your Power BI dataset as soon as the connected dataflow is refreshed?
Now you can! With a combination of Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate.
In this live demo session I will demonstrate the Microsoft Power Platform products working together to create easy, usable, and interactive data solutions.

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Nicky van Vroenhoven is a BI professional focused at the Microsoft stack and a Data Platform MVP. He mainly works with Power BI, Power Platform and T-SQL. Nicky started working with SQL Server and SSIS 2005 in the DWH space, and later moved from Power Pivot to Power BI. After working 10 years in BI-consultancy jobs in several industries and companies, he worked for 5 years as a Power BI Administrator at a wealth management bank, and he is currently working as Unit Lead Power BI at Powerdobs in The Netherlands.

Nicky has spoken at several User Groups, SQL Saturday Events, the Power BI World Tour and SQLBits. In addition he enjoys tweeting and blogging about topics like Power BI and Power Platform at his website below.

In his spare time Nicky like's to go running, play chess or try to improve his Rubik's cube record. He is also a husband, father of 3 and a (former) ballroom dancer!

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(Livestream Replay) Inside Bravo for Power BI - with Marco Russo

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Explore the features available in Bravo for Power BI: Analyze Model, Format DAX, Manage Dates, and Export Data. In particular, we will see how it is possible to customize and deploy a date table for an entire organization!

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Marco Russo wrote several books about DAX and data modeling for Power BI and Analysis Service with Alberto Ferrari. Marco regularly publishes new content on sqlbi.com and teaches DAX around the world.

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(Livestream Replay) No More Data Quality Surprises! - with Dave Ruijter

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Do you know your data? Do you have confidence in the data of your Power BI solutions, no matter what? And do you already actively monitor for deviations from those expectations? Being in control of your data (quality) is essential for any solution, and it can be quite difficult to achieve in Power BI. In this demo-rich session you will learn how you can implement a framework for data validation and monitoring! We'll leverage an open source library called Great Expectations to quickly get up-and-running. Become in control of the data quality of your solutions!

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Dave is a hands-on solution and platform architect, and implements solutions using Power BI and the Azure Data Platform. He brings a vast amount of consultancy experience to the table and is always eager to take things to the next level. Dave has received the Microsoft MVP Award twice for his deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services and community leadership.

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(Livestream Replay) ChatGPT...Fad or Future? - Practical use-cases for Power BI - with Mathias Halkjær

ABSTRACT 📄

As chatbots become more prevalent in the business world, many companies are wondering if ChatGPT is just a passing fad or if it has real staying power.

A new tool that has the potential to help us streamline our workflows by providing automated assistance with tasks such as data modeling, coding, design and troubleshooting, or end up sending us down the wrong alley or implement buggy code.

It is truly a double-edged sword.

In this session, we will explore practical use-cases and cautions to be taken for ChatGPT in Power BI, covering everything from data modeling, coding, project planning, troubleshooting errors, proposing best practices and all the way to the major troubles it will cause us if we trust it blindly.

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Mathias is self-proclaimed data platform fanatic on a mission to help leaders leverage their data to transform the way they do business.

With a background in Product Development and Innovation, Mathias offers a unique perspective to analytics and will often babble on about data as products, data prototypes, and the importance of user research. He often finds himself taking several steps back to focus on the bigger picture, and with his slightly rebellious attitude, he will much rather try to break the rules, norms, and industry standards than follow them blindly.

Several years of experience working with data in high-tech, high-growth companies have taught him a thing or two about working with and designing data platforms and data models for fast-paced analytics with quick turn-around from problems or user needs to insights.

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