Explicit Measures Podcast

What a perfect day to release our episode! March 2022 Power BI is out, and the major release is the new formatting pane. What are our thoughts, what has changed, and how do we adapt?  Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

One Power BI, two different worlds?  You love Power BI, but you may have a vastly different viewpoint and experience in the platform depending where you work. Are you FTE (Full-Time Employee) or IC (Independent Consultant)? The guys wanted to know just how different and distinct the experience brings to a Power BI Pro, and what skillsets are developed in each.  We are at the Power Platform 24 Virtual Conference today (3/15) at 4pm CST! Register here: https://www.xrmvirtual.com/power-platform-24/ Ask a question for our AMA here: https://bit.ly/amaempodcast Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

The guys dive into the use cases of Drill-Through in Power BI - from single zoom-in's all the way to using cross-report drill-through for Direct Query Reports. We all use it, but it is used as much as it should be? Are we being too redundant with our pages, and what story are we really telling with our drill-through pages? Listen in for what Mike, Seth, and Tommy have to say about where and why drill-through works. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

The guys share their deepest, darkest, maybe not best practices in Power BI's DAX language. From the value of Calculated Columns to Tabular Editor 3's DAX Debugger, there are many ways to hack your way to a value and a result. But are they are all worth it? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

if you had $100 to spend on improving the visuals and the experience building our visuals in #PowerBI Reports, where would your money go?  The guys break down their budget and where their focus is (hint, Tables are a big deal). Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

You have a great process developing and deploying Power BI Reports. I am sure you do. But what about your team? Do they follow the same rules, methods, and process? How can you get a group or entire team of #PowerBI Authors to follow the same process. The guys discuss do you need the carrot or the stick, and what makes up best practices for a team. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

The guys are back and dive into what it means and how important it is to reward, provide goals, and setting up a Center of Excellence that motivates the people involved.  Based on the Power BI Adoption Roadmap, how much do the incentives align with that is possible at most organizations? The guys break down the difference between audiences and levels of users, as well as the difference between a Center of Excellence and Community of Practice. We are doing our first Podcast Contest! Starting today and running through 3/2/2022 (midnight CST), share the Podcast on Twitter or LinkedIn will enter you in to win free swag from PowerBI.Tips!  How to be part of the drawing? Simply share a post with the following link and hashtag: https://bit.ly/explicitmeasurespodcast #ExplicitMeasures (Note that only USA residents are eligible for the swag for this contest). Resources from today: https://swag.powerbi.tips/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/center-of-excellence-establish https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/center-of-excellence-establish#bi-team-roles https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-community-of-practice#incentives https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-community-of-practice https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-center-of-excellence https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/driving-power-bi-adoption-in-your-organization-learn-how-microsoft-does-this-at-scale/ Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

The guys are back (episode 84 is coming on Tuesday) with a talk on ownership - a conversation in need of discussion in the Power BI space.  Who owns what, and what should ownership consist in regards to data, business, and reports? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

By far one of the most engaged conversations the guys have had: We constantly evaluate if a report is "correct" or relevant for the users. When consumers come back and say it's confusing, does that mean the report is wrong? More so, is that a report problem or a people problem? The guys dive into the ability to scope out and derive what makes a report wrong, and when does it start in the development process. You are going to enjoy this one! Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/

The guys run through all the ways data can be exported from Power BI, with a few hot takes in between on is it always a positive outcome from consumers. What should be the purpose or the role of exported data, and what does it say about your reports? Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page. Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/explicit-measures-podcast/id1568944083‎ Follow Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcarlo/ Follow Seth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-bauer/ Follow Tommy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommypuglia/