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Explicit Measures Podcast

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Jan 9, 2024 • 1h 9min

283: Implementation Tuesdays Part 3 - Stakeholders & Workshops

The podcast discusses the importance of identifying the right stakeholders and running workshops for Power BI implementation. It explores topics like designing interactive reports for Amazon products and using data from Minecraft. The benefits of storing data in a lake house and the challenges of scaling up and strategic planning are also discussed. Aligning business goals and focusing on metrics is highlighted as a key aspect of business intelligence.
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Jan 4, 2024 • 1h 3min

282: Power BI Year in Review - 2023 Edition

The hosts reflect on Power BI features in 2023 and discuss their impact. They explore the need for additional training and the significance of Microsoft Fabric. They discuss color customization in apps, the introduction of the PBIP format, and differences between PBIP and PBIR file formats. They highlight efforts to make Power BI more developer-friendly and discuss the Tim d'il format and Power BI's new DAX query view.
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Jan 3, 2024 • 1h 1min

281: Implementation Tuesdays Part 2 - Strategic Research

The podcast discusses Microsoft's Power BI implementation planning, including the importance of assessments and workshops. They explore Project Sophia, an AI-powered business research canvas. They also talk about data sets and visuals, AI-based solutions, and the challenges of working with data in Excel.
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Dec 28, 2023 • 59min

280: The Future of Customer Understanding by Data Marc

The hosts discuss the challenges of integrating customer data from various platforms and the importance of finding software that can handle multiple data sources. They explore the barriers to customer understanding in organizations and the advancements in integrating different data sources in Power BI. They also discuss the benefits of keeping the source system clean and utilizing data virtualization within the fabric ecosystem. The chapter emphasizes the importance of holistic mirroring in data integration and establishing a data culture.
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Dec 26, 2023 • 1h 5min

279: Microsoft Fabric Secret Santa

The hosts discuss giving Power BI gifts and rank them, talk about Christmas traditions and food, discuss the concept of a proactive AI called Co-Pilot for loading data, explore talking AI companion 'Alfy', discuss Elon Musk's AI 'grock' and its Twitter roasts, propose a feature for tracking bill back in Power BI, and have a lighthearted discussion about grading and ranking gifts in a Secret Santa exchange.
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Dec 21, 2023 • 1h 4min

278: Semantic Link & Great Expectations

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.
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Dec 19, 2023 • 1h 8min

277: Power BI Implementation Tuesdays - Strategic Planning

This podcast discusses strategic planning for Power BI implementation, emphasizing the importance of clear goals, assembling the right team, and having an effective executive sponsor. It also highlights the importance of sparking enthusiasm and obtaining buy-in for the implementation. The significance of Power BI and the key areas to implement the tool are explored.
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Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 7min

276: The Impact of the New Power BI Explore Feature

The hosts discuss the new Power BI Explore feature and its impact on adoption and data trust. They explore the potential use of notebooks in organizations and the changes in data engineering. They also discuss the relationship between technology and process in data analysis. The benefits and limitations of the Explore feature in Power BI are highlighted. A comparison is made between semantic models and Jupyter notebooks. The purpose of the Explore feature and its configuration in Power BI are discussed.
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Dec 12, 2023 • 1h 6min

275: Business Alignment, Power BI, & Microsoft Fabric

The podcast discusses effectively communicating with the business and aligning strategy, goals, and relationships. It also covers structuring BI around business value, limitations of Power BI deployment pipelines, challenges with Tabular Editor and Git integration, and the importance of business alignment and building the right team for Power BI implementation. Consistency in business alignment and maintaining a data culture are also emphasized.
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Dec 7, 2023 • 59min

274: Real Time Analytics in Power BI & Fabric

Exploring the benefits of real-time analytics in Microsoft Fabric. Challenges in managing multiple engineers and access control in the development pipeline. Difficulties of building a solution without a clear end goal and integrating data bricks and Unity catalog. Limitations and advantages of real-time analytics in Power BI and Fabric. Integrating Power BI with Delta Tables and potential storage implications. Use of real-time analytics and KQL in Power BI for meaningful alerts and real-time dashboarding.

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