Explicit Measures Podcast cover image

Explicit Measures Podcast

278: Semantic Link & Great Expectations

Dec 21, 2023
The podcast discusses Microsoft's article on semantic link and data validation using great expectations, Power BI's integration with PowerPoint, the new M connector and Delta table compatibility in Power BI Desktop, a potential revolutionary feature and a comparison of Azure Data Factory and Synapse Pipelines, retirement of Synapse and transition to using P bix, exploring the semantic link and its significance, and expressing gratitude to listeners for their support.
01:03:42

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

  • The semantic link and Great Expectations in Power BI offer new opportunities for collaboration between data scientists and business analysts, enabling improved data validation and quality assurance.
  • Great Expectations, a Python package, plays a crucial role in ensuring data quality within Power BI by allowing for validation and testing of data, measures, columns, and tables within the semantic model, enabling proactive addressing of any issues and greater confidence in data accuracy and reliability.

Deep dives

Semantic Link and Data Validation

The semantic link feature in Power BI allows users to connect to semantic models and query them in data science applications. This opens up possibilities for data scientists to work with the data in a Python environment and shape it according to their needs. Additionally, the article highlights the use of a Python package called Great Expectations, which aids in data validation for data scientists and engineers. Great Expectations allows for the testing of data quality and the validation of measures, columns, and tables within the semantic model. It can be used to ensure data quality before using it for analysis, as well as to identify any data drift or changes in the production environment. Overall, the semantic link and Great Expectations offer new opportunities for collaboration between data scientists and business analysts, enabling improved data validation and quality assurance.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode