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Explicit Measures Podcast450: The End of Line for DatamartsMike, Seth, & Brad talk about the retirement of Datamarts in October and preparing for the new focus.https://powerbi.microsoft.com/blog/unify-datamart-with-fabric-data-warehouse?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621Get 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
2025-08-141h 02Explicit Measures Podcast390: January 2025 Desktop Draft!Mike & Tommy make a Draft for the major January 2025 Power BI Desktop updates.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-january-2025-feature-summary/#post-28821-_Toc919367718
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2025-01-161h 01Explicit Measures Podcast386: Metric Sets & ImpactMike & Tommy review the new Metrics Sets & Hub and how it fits in Adoption.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-metrics-sets-are-widely-available-in-public-preview/
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2025-01-0253 minExplicit Measures Podcast355: CLM Part 6 - Support & Monitor ContentMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the Content Lifecycle Management series by Microsoft and today is all about providing support... But to who? Content Creators or Consumers?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-content-lifecycle-management-support-monitor
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2024-09-181h 01Explicit Measures Podcast351: CLM Series Part 5 - Deploy ContentMike, Seth, & Tommy continue their Content Lifecycle Management Series all about deploy Power BI Content.
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-content-lifecycle-management-deploy?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621
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2024-09-1059 minExplicit Measures Podcast341: CLM Part 3 - Develop & Manage ContentMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the 3rd part in their Content Lifecycle Management series on all about developing and managing content.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-content-lifecycle-management-develop-manage
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2024-07-301h 02Explicit Measures Podcast335: Content Lifecyle Management (CLM) & Power BI Series - 1This is the first of our every other Tuesday special, diving into the updated documentation on the Implementation Guide on Learn.Microsoft. This continues our series from 2023 as it is all about how do we manage, create, plan, deploy, validate, and retire?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-content-lifecycle-management-overview
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2024-07-231h 05Explicit Measures Podcast339: CLM Series 2 - Plan & Design ContentMike, Seth, & Tommy continue their series on Content Lifecycle Management & Microsoft Fabric all around where do start? Planning!
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-content-lifecycle-management-plan-design
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2024-07-2358 minExplicit Measures Podcast297: Implementation Tuesdays Part 10 - Deploy, Validate, & Closing ThoughtsMike, Seth, & Tommy finally wrap up their Implementation Tuesdays with closing thoughts and what it means of Migration end to end means.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-solution-planning?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#step-5-deploy-support-and-monitor
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2024-02-271h 00Explicit Measures Podcast291: Implementation Tuesdays Part 7 - Tacitical Initiatives & Solutions & RevisionsMike, Seth, & Tommy continue their journey on Implementation Planning around Power BI & Microsoft Fabric. Today, it is all about priority, getting the business on board, and aligning expectations on what is going to be done.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-tactical-planning?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#step-3-define-solutions-and-initiatives
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2024-02-0657 minExplicit Measures Podcast285: Power BI Implementation Tuesdays - Strategic GoalsMike, Seth, & Tommy continue their deep dive into Microsoft's Implementation Guide and focus on what Goals mean, how to get them right, and getting the business onboard.
https://learn.microsoft.com/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-strategic-planning?WT.mc_id=DP-MVP-5002621#step-4-decide-on-the-bi-goals-and-priorities
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2024-01-1638 minExplicit Measures Podcast281: Implementation Tuesdays Part 2 - Strategic ResearchMike, Seth, & Tommy kick off the new year in a flash as we continue the Power BI Implementation series and dive in. This is part 2, which is JUST finishing the first article on Strategic planning.
Have you ever done assessments and workshops with your org, and how important did you ever think that would be towards adoption?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-strategic-planning#step-2-plan-workshops-and-conduct-research
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2024-01-031h 01Explicit Measures Podcast277: Power BI Implementation Tuesdays - Strategic PlanningStarting today, we are focusing on Implementation Tuesdays, focusing on the Microsoft Documentation focused on Strategic, Tactical, and Solution Planning.
Today the focus is on the objectives, the people, and the use cases and why the start is so crucial.
Article is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-bi-strategy-bi-strategic-planning
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2023-12-191h 08Explicit Measures Podcast276: The Impact of the New Power BI Explore FeatureMike, Seth, & Tommy figure out the what new impact on business users the Power BI Explore feature can have on adoption, feature enablement, and trusting data in Power BI.
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2023-12-141h 06Explicit Measures Podcast268: Microsoft Ignite ReactionsSo - slightly HUGE announcements by the Microsoft team around Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and generally what we do on a daily basis. Mike, Seth, & Tommy react to the major features you do not want to miss.
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/empower-power-bi-users-with-microsoft-fabric-and-copilot/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-november-2023-feature-summary/
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2023-11-161h 01Explicit Measures Podcast267: System Oversight, Microsoft Fabric, & Power BIMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into System Oversight in the Adoption Roadmap. What it means, how much enablement, and how much protection in your tenant.
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2023-11-141h 04Explicit Measures Podcast216: Do Power BI Pro's Need to Know Python?Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a potential new skill for all Power BI Pro's... Do we need to know the Python language as Data Analysts? With the introduction of the new create Power BI Reports in Jupyter Notebooks and Python becoming a more and more prominent language in data engineering, will this be a required skill of Power BI Pro's?
Blog here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/create-power-bi-reports-in-jupyter-notebooks/Get in touch:
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2023-05-181h 01Explicit Measures Podcast215: Visual Enhancements - Title Divider & Subtitle in Power BI VisualsMike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the recently released visual feature added to Power BI titles: the ability to add a title divider and the subtitle. How important are these, and should this be primarily used? What is the overall purpose and what change does it make?
Details here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-march-2023-feature-summary/#post-22359-_Toc128998036
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2023-05-161h 01Explicit Measures Podcast214: Collaboration in the Data Exploration JourneyMike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how important is, and will be collaboration in Power BI & data exploration moving forward. How do we identify who to collaborate with, aligning expectations, and breaking down roles & responsibilities .
More details here: https://nightingaledvs.com/data-exploration-collaboration/
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2023-05-111h 00Explicit Measures Podcast213: Special Edition! Modeling On the Web with Microsoft's Emily LisaWe have a special edition podcast! Mike, Seth, & Tommy interview Emily Lisa from Microsoft on the amazing, brand new modeling on the web feature now available in the Power BI Service.
More Details Here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/edit-your-data-model-in-the-power-bi-service-public-preview-opt-in/
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2023-05-1052 minExplicit Measures Podcast212: Why We Need Low-Code / No-Code Options for DataMike, Seth, & Tommy break down an the influx of low-code / no-code options available for organizations and how this changes the data landscape. From tribal knowledge to increase documentation to helping to bridge the hap between data logic.
Article: https://www.phdata.io/blog/why-your-organization-needs-a-code-and-no-code-option/
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2023-05-091h 02Explicit Measures Podcast211: Data Communication & Power BIMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an incredible concept / article by Kat Greenbook on what is Data Communication...
3 areas:
To Discover
To Inform
To Educate
Thread here: https://twitter.com/KatGreenbrook/status/1584687259877773312
Article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/avoid-making-so-what-dashboards-steve-wexler/
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2023-05-041h 00Explicit Measures Podcast210: How to Dissect Someone Else's Power BI ReportWe are breaking down a great video by EnterpriseDNA's Sam McKay focuses on complex reports with great style and understanding the techniques.
What should a Power BI Developer know? How to approach it based on a migration, learning new practices, and overall how to tackle and why to tackle learning a new report style.
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2023-05-0259 minExplicit Measures Podcast209: Conditional Formatting in Power BI - How Critical Is It?Mike, Seth & Tommy discuss the merits of using conditional formatting in Power BI reports and just what and how much of a impact they can make. Can formatting save your reports and be the catalyst for new context in data? What does formatting need in order for it to provide the actions and insights, and where can it distract?
More than likely we will be diving into Kurt Buhler's amazing article on Report level objects. stay tuned!
https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/reporting-layer
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2023-04-2746 minExplicit Measures Podcast208: The Future of Business Intelligence Part 2 - Entering the Next Age of DataOur episode today picks up right where we left off to finish this 2-part series based on Ryan Dolley's series of articles. If you missed part 1, check it out here:
What does the next age of Analytics look like? If the introduction of Power BI disrupted professionals, organizations, and process, what does the next age have in store? Mike, Seth, & Tommy see how far off we are to a major shift in our industry, what are going to be breaking points and how does Power BI, the technology, and the need for leaders in Intelligence will come...
2023-04-251h 05Explicit Measures Podcast207: Storyframing And Storyforming - Two Essential Steps That Precede Data StorytellingIf you have had the chance to read the book Effective Data Storytelling by Brent Dykes, you are going to love this conversation today.
Mike, Seth, & Tommy debate the unique concepts focused on the idea we need to "frame" our reports more than try to tell a story. How does this work with our current workloads, what organizations expect of us, and with Power BI? Can we tell true stories in Power BI and make them impactful (not infographics) using these techniques?
Link to article: https://www.effectivedatastorytelling.com/post/storyframing-and-storyforming-two-essential-steps-that-precede-data-storytelling
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2023-04-2052 minExplicit Measures Podcast206: The Future of Business Intelligence Part 1 - The End of Supply Chain AnalyticsMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an amazing two part series (part 2 is next week) on how BI has evolved and the hot take that we are exiting an era of BI as we know it and about to enter a new one.
For those who are a bit younger... Power BI wasn't always the way organizations developed and consumed data. However Power BI has been the primary catalyst on moving us out of one era and where we are now. But that is about to change.
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2023-04-1836 minExplicit Measures Podcast205: Business Metrics, or Raising the Bar On Delivering InsightWe have an excellent article by Ben Watt, MVP, on how to incorporate, integrate, and build business metrics into our reports.
Why are business metrics different than just, metrics? How can they elevate our reports? Read the article, and find out how to become proactive as a BI Analyst.
https://www.datalineo.com/post/business-metrics-or-raising-the-bar-on-delivering-insight
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2023-04-1353 minExplicit Measures Podcast204: Options for Source Control In Power BIWith the announcement of TMDL and new deployment pipelines features, where do we go from here? Where does Source Control exist for Power BI Developers and what do they need to know?
Links:
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-of-the-tabular-model-definition-language-tmdl/
https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/now-on-deployment-pipelines-view-items-code-changes-before-deploying-it/
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2023-04-111h 00Explicit Measures Podcast203: 'It Depends' - Best Practices & Optimization for ModelsWe live in a world of Best Practices and learning best practices for Power BI. It is ingrained in us and from documentation to learning.
However, the idea that best practices are universal for each use case is a fallacy. Data models, logic, and needs are unique to each model and report. People, features, and situations call for being able to use methods that may not fall into the universally known best practice sphere.
When are those situations, and how do we navigate and ensure we are still applying the best approach?
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Explicit Measures Podcast202: Defining What Success Is For Power BI AdministratorsMike, Seth, & Tommy have a spirted conversation focused on what the role of a Power BI Admin should encompass, what is in their scope, and what difference they can make from adoption and governance.
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2023-04-0459 minExplicit Measures Podcast201: What AI Knows About Data Visualization & StorytellingWe are diving into another amazing article that challenges what impact AI will have on the work of creating visuals and being able to create reports. Where is the technology already at, and what should the Power BI professional know, be aware of, and understand?
Article here: https://medium.com/the-visual-agency/what-ai-knows-about-data-visualization-and-storytelling-f68471669099
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2023-03-3038 minExplicit Measures Podcast200: Discovering On-Object Editing in Power BIWe made it to 200! And what better way to summarize why we love what we do is discuss a new game hanging feature to Power BI and how ALL developers will build there reports.
You may know and love the format pane for data and visual formatting... That is going away! Microsoft is moving towards a new interactive method like Excel, choosing the object and visual properties rather than on a right hand bar.
Why is this is so important and what do we like?
Link to article here: https://powerbi.microsoft.com...
2023-03-2841 minExplicit Measures Podcast199: Defining the Business Problem - Creating Measures From ScratchWho owns the metrics, the BI team or business? So often we are dealing with static, general data, but should Business Intelligence place a more active role in creating a baseline and what to track against? What and how can BI do to help create pressure points, and move from descriptive to actionable?
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2023-03-2558 minExplicit Measures Podcast198: Dealing With Power BI ErrorsLet's face it: We are all too familiar with some of the error notifications and icons in developing Power BI Models. From Power Query to DAX syntax errors, or even the great "cannot display this visual" error, we need to accept they are going to be part of our Power BI life.
The question is what to do about them, and how do we handle them effectively.
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2023-03-211h 02Explicit Measures Podcast197: The Power Automate Visual - How Important Is It?Mike, Seth, and Tommy discuss why the Power Automate visual in Power BI does not get enough love and what can make it essential to the developer's toolbelt.
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2023-03-1645 minExplicit Measures Podcast196: Are Power BI Champions Integral to Adoption?We last discussed the role of Power BI Champions in episode 180, and continuing on this topic.... Just how important are they? Do Champions make or break your adoption progress, and how can you tell?
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2023-03-141h 01Explicit Measures Podcast195: Use Cases for New Updates to Paginated ReportsThe guys discuss some nifty new updates to Power BI paginated reports (in the service) and how they impact current projects.
Create exportable paginated reports in the Power BI service - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Dataset details page - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
View a paginated report in the Power BI service - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
Dataset details page - Power BI | Microsoft Learn
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2023-03-091h 01Explicit Measures Podcast194: Has Business Intelligence Stalled?We love the community, and nothing else spurs conversation than an article like the following from Randy Bean:
https://hbr.org/2023/01/has-progress-on-data-analytics-and-ai-stalled-at-your-company
Has Business Intelligence stalled? How can this be if Power BI has taken off?
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2023-03-0758 minExplicit Measures Podcast193: How To Build Data Literacy In Your CompanyAs a follow up to episode 191 (link here), we are diving into this article on building data literacy and growing the required skills not just for you, but for all types of users at an organization.
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/how-to-build-data-literacy-your-company
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2023-03-021h 00Explicit Measures Podcast192: Are Power BI Metrics & Scorecards A Must-Use Now?If we really were to say where Microsoft is putting their money, looking at major releases alone you would have to say the Power BI Metric / Scorecard feature has a good part of their budget.
Since it launched in May 2021, it has gone over some major transformations, especially since April 2022.
It is an enterprise feature (integrates with Power Automate, Viva Goals, Full API Stack) and the roadmap shows clearly more automation is planned.
Yet.... It is not a simple plug-n-play tool. Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss just that.
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2023-02-2855 minExplicit Measures Podcast191: Data Storytelling Is the Conduit for Modern Data LiteracyWe have an AMAZING article that from Mara Pometti, really rocks the cradle in regards to what data storytelling is and why it matters to get it right if you want data literacy at your organization.
https://nightingaledvs.com/data-storytelling-is-the-conduit-for-modern-data-literacy/
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2023-02-231h 02Explicit Measures Podcast190: Do Power BI Reports Need to Be Beautiful?What is the line between a professional and well-designed report and a beautiful report? Do our Power BI Reports need to be designed to perfection, ready to be printed out, or is does that take away from the intention and story of the report?
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2023-02-211h 00Explicit Measures Podcast189: The Manipulation of Data By Other TeamsMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into how to manage the wild world of unstructured data. How do we manage, control, and allow when teams can edit or modify data that goes into Power BI reports?
Situations:
Excel files that Power BI connects to
Exported data that users create their own excel data from
Self-service new filters and measures
write-back.
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2023-02-161h 02Explicit Measures Podcast188: Mailbag! When to Use Excel Over Power BI?We have another mailbag! The guys discuss the following:
Is there a time when I should use Excel over Power BI? The situation I am thinking about is when I need to input different values to analyze various scenarios. One limitation I see with power BI is I cannot create a calculated table that is updated with a slicer. To me, I cannot do a discounted cash flow without this option..
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2023-02-1455 minExplicit Measures Podcast187: 21 Mind Traps in BIWatch this video first!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYYkRaU0xh8
How does the 21 mind traps video relate to us in the Power BI world? Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss.
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2023-02-091h 02Explicit Measures Podcast186: DataOps in For Power BIMike, Seth, and Tommy dive into DataOps processes and methods and how much they should be integrated with Power BI developers.
Links:
https://www.kerski.tech/bringing-dataops-to-power-bi/
https://dkproduction.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DK_dataops_book_2nd_edition.pdf
https://f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/2866765/Recipes%20for%20DataOps%20Success/DK_Recipes%20for%20DataOps%20Success_LR.pdf
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2023-02-071h 00Explicit Measures Podcast185: Mythical Man-Month: The Second System EffectMike, Seth, & Tommy dive back into the Mythical Man-Month series and tackle the idea of the Second System Effect and how it relates to Power BI development.
The Second System Effect is the tendency for a developer to "err on the side of over embellishment when planning their second project". This usually occurs when small, elegant, and successful systems can become over-developed and bloated due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.
How does this relate to our development and report lifecycle?
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2023-02-0258 minExplicit Measures Podcast184: Is an Analytical Engineer a BI Developer?Based on this tweet:
Andy Cutler on Twitter: "Is an Analytics Engineer a BI Developer? All the skills I’m seeing align with that." / Twitter
What is an Analytics Engineer, and how does it differ from the normal BI Developer? What about a BI Engineer, or even a BI Architect? The guys dive into different roles and try to define them.
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2023-01-311h 03Explicit Measures Podcast183: Should We Have More Icons & Buttons In Our Reports?Mike, Seth, & Tommy look at their practices to see if there is a larger need in our reports for more user interaction on the canvas itself.
We struggle with finding space for visuals, text, and data. Buttons can get in the way, and we usually hide them in the top corners.
However, from adoption and an easier experience for users, should interactive objects take more precedent in our layouts? What is sacrificed (how significant) and what could this lead us to building differently?
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2023-01-261h 02Explicit Measures Podcast182: Learning By Doing - Using Sample Reports & Database for Growing Your SkillsInspired by Kurt Buhler (DataGoblins), Mike, Seth, & Tommy review how essential sample data, dummy reports, and messing around with non-business forward scenarios is essential to picking up new skills and growing the ones you have.
Is this essential to becoming an expert?
https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/sql-dataset
https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/personal-data
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2023-01-2451 minExplicit Measures Podcast181: Should We Always Hide Power BI Objects?Mike, Seth, & Tommy pick up a potentially contentious topic... Should ALL Power BI models have certain objects hidden from the report view? While there are more than one benefit to this, this always hides that object from any other view (live connection, Excel, etc).
Is this a basic practice, and if so what components would be part of this checklist?
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2023-01-1951 minExplicit Measures Podcast180: Power BI Champions Deep DiveThe guys have extensively covered the Power BI Adoption roadmap and strategies, but one missing piece not truly reviewed is the importance of what are considered "Power BI Champions" within the org.
As per the documentation, there are Community of Practice Champions who is a content creator in a business unit and the go-to Power BI expert. (see link below). But what about Champions who do not develop reports but are your cheerleaders and voice for the rest of the departments? They are essential to the overall adoption.
The guys review the differences and what it...
2023-01-1759 minExplicit Measures Podcast179: Searching In Power BI Desktop - A Must-Use Feature?Coming off the winds of an earlier episode, just how important is it for any report author to not just get familiar with searching in Power BI Desktop, but integrating it within their normal development workflow?
There is both searching the formatting pane, and for objects in the model. Is searching always worth it, or should we figure out where the heck the objects are in the first place?
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2023-01-121h 04Explicit Measures Podcast178: Why Power BI Is So DifficultMike, Seth, & Tommy talk through a conversation from Tim Warner, a Content Developer at Microsoft.
The crux of the argument revolves around the amount of Assumed Knowledge that is needed to start with Power BI (data modeling, knowledge, etc) before even jumping in.
We have been working in Power BI for a LONG time, so it is difficult to remember the early days, but how many new developers are dealing with these same issues now?
Read the Thread: https://twitter.com/TechTrainerTim/status/1598667262214414336
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2023-01-101h 02Explicit Measures Podcast177: Where do the DAX Window Functions Fit Into Our Existing Processes?If you missed the December 2022 Power BI update, you missed a potentially altering way we think about DAX measures!
Three new functions were released that focus solely on the window, not the model (called Window functions), such as comparing the data next to the currently evaluated item in the visual, not from a evaluation context.
Regardless, should we start becoming experts in Window functions and update all our existing reports? How important are they, and how much should you focus on them now and in the future?
https://pbidax.wordpress.com/2022/12/15/introducing-dax-window-functions-part-1/
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2023-01-0543 minExplicit Measures Podcast176: Should We Be Utilizing Report Subscriptions More?You have seen Microsoft update the subscription feature recently, and the guys review this potentially underutilized feature and how could it be brought to the forefront for solutions for users.
Inspiration also comes from Dan English, who created a solution to use Power Automate to deliver subscriptions close to what Paginated Reports used to do.
https://denglishbi.wordpress.com/2022/08/22/power-bi-data-driven-subscriptions-with-power-automate-report-bursting/
https://denglishbi.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/power-bi-data-driven-subscriptions-with-power-automate-follow-up-using-dataset/
New Scanner API v2!
https://github.com/pugliathomas/powerbiscannermetadata
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2023-01-0357 minExplicit Measures Podcast175: How Do you QA Power BI Assets?Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a question asked on Twitter revolving on ensuring the highest quality of reports, content, and data from a team of developers. Outside of just Data Quality, what checks, processes, and reviews should be part of reports and features?
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2022-12-291h 06Explicit Measures Podcast174: Push Sources to Power BI or MDM?We got a mailbag! Here is the question:
How strict should one be to always push new data sources through our framework before we build tabular models. When and where to draw the line of when it's ok to connect Power BI directly to a source system (or a replica of the same), to speed up deliveries undermining the long term support by not using our BI framework (bronze, silver and gold layers in synapse)
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2022-12-271h 07Explicit Measures Podcast173: Dear SatyaMike, Seth, & Tommy write letters to Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft on their wishes for Power BI, and where the biggest needs are.
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2022-12-221h 01Explicit Measures Podcast172: Display Folders or Measure Tables in Power BI?Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a common but hard-to-find feature in Power BI - Display Folders or Measure Tables for our DAX Measures? What is the cost and benefit for each, and should we adhere to one or the other?
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2022-12-2059 minExplicit Measures Podcast171: Does Power BI Need a Figma Design System?Based off this article on Bibb.pro...https://www.bibb.pro/post/why-business-intelligence-needs-a-figma-design-system
Does BI "require" a Figma design system?
We have talked in bunches about wireframing, but honestly how much of our time needs to be devoted to design tools?
The guys discuss just that.
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2022-12-1548 minExplicit Measures Podcast170: Plan To Throw One AwayThe guys go back to the Mythical Man Month and speaking on an important topic: Plan to Throw One Away.
The idea back in the day and still true now is why do not focus enough on a prototype, both in design and in modeling.
https://course.ccs.neu.edu/cs5500f14/Notes/Prototyping1/planToThrowOneAway.html
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2022-12-1354 minExplicit Measures Podcast169: BI or Change Management?The guys discuss two great articles around if the skill and success of Power BI resolves around Change management abilities.
https://jenstirrup.com/2022/11/12/business-intelligence-or-change-management-the-power-of-being-broken/
https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/brentdykes/2022/11/29/why-change-management-skills-are-essential-to-data-driven-success/
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2022-12-0859 minExplicit Measures Podcast168: Too Many Systems for Our Power BI Process - Deciding on The Right Tools for ProjectsMicrosoft has fully become a player in the data industry. From Power BI (obviously) to Azure, Machine learning, Purview, Synapse, Power Apps.... Just in Power BI alone we have dataflows, datamarts, datasets! Sprinkle in your organizations own custom systems, how do we know what tools are the most appropriate for a given project?
What makes a certain combination of tools better than others?
Inspiration for discussion here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/gain-deeper-insights-with-microsoft-intelligent-data-platform/
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2022-12-0657 minExplicit Measures Podcast167: Security Groups in Power BI - Where Does it Work?We are talking about Security Groups in Power BI with an introduction to where it works.
And for those of you who this sounds boring: trust us, there is more to this feature than you think. Why are security groups important for a Power BI Admin, and are we underutilizing them? What risks are there?
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2022-12-011h 04Explicit Measures Podcast166: DAX For StyleTaking a different approach to DAX, the language and toolbelt of the DAX language goes far beyond just crunching numbers. What can DAX do to enhance the report styling and descriptive information?
What should we utilize DAX for that can professionalize and help users understand their data?
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2022-11-2948 minExplicit Measures Podcast165: What Makes a Visual Confusing?We are going back into the Enrico Bertini well of amazing insights.
On the surface, the question of what makes a visual confusing is simple. But do we have a solid understanding of the components and all the inputs involved that truly make it confusing?
Article here: https://filwd.substack.com/p/what-makes-a-data-visualization-confusing
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2022-11-2448 minExplicit Measures Podcast164: Defining Corporate DataThe growth of self-service and fast moving data has lead to the lack of what is defined as corporate data. What comes from the top, and should we treat this data and reports differently?
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2022-11-2246 minExplicit Measures Podcast163: Data Modeling SemanticsBased on a post on LinkedIn, arguing that data modeling has become a "second class citizen" and no longer paired with business concepts from day 1 of development.
We deal with this even in the Power BI world. We stare at models and columns and, usually assuming the source data has been vetted and has meaning. But what too often occurs is the lack of process around the input, organization of data (think lack of hierarchy or ambiguous product types") which ultimately kill any ability to truly supply insight.
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2022-11-1756 minExplicit Measures Podcast162: The Mythical Man-Month & Power BI DevelopmentBased on a link from Paul Turley's blog (and an episode on getting your data into shape).
The idea behind this is observations from software engineers not delivering on time despite adding more resources, with the possibility of measuring quality work in "man-months" is a myth.
How much of this relates to Power BI development and data integration struggles? When we are so deep in the technical specs, data management, and modeling, is the solution more BI resources?
Link to reference page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
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2022-11-151h 00Explicit Measures Podcast161: Power BI as Part of Office InstallerMicrosoft has released a bombshell to the entire Office 365 ecosystem: Power BI Desktop is included with the Office Installer. What implications and effects will this have on data, development, and trust? What does this mean from a governance and adoption perspective? Will this lead towards more self-service, and do we as the developers need to pivot on how we deploy and share data?
Link to release: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform-release-plan/2022wave1/power-bi/power-bi-office-installer
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2022-11-1059 minExplicit Measures Podcast160: Power BI Roadmap Suggested Timeline of EventsMike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a new diagram on the suggestion for implementing the Power BI Adoption Roadmap, from getting familiar to success. Do they agree?
Link to Diagram: https://twitter.com/sqlchick/status/1587128216145240071?s=46&t=W73bDFtuw_E9oY76ek8c0w
Article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-conclusion
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2022-11-081h 02Explicit Measures Podcast157: Why Communities FailHave you ever seen a community fall apart, or lose its luster? In the context of Power BI, we are part of many communities, but why do some lose their engagement? Mike, Seth, & Tommy Discuss just that.
And introducing jam.powerbi.tips!
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2022-10-271h 03Explicit Measures Podcast153: Revisiting Power BI Datamarts - Choosing Gold Datasets or DatamartsDatamarts in #PowerBI... We have 5 months to work with, so where do they fit for teams, solutions?
The Explicit Measures podcast revisits datamarts and if they are truly disruptive for process, or do we need to think differently?
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2022-10-1357 minExplicit Measures Podcast142: People, Process, Technology - Part 2 - ProcessToday is part two of our series on #powerbi and People, Process, and technology.
Today, process. The most underrated of the 3, and potentially the most vague. What does process mean, and what does it in touch in the Power BI realm.
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2022-09-0658 minExplicit Measures Podcast139: People, Product, Technology - Part 1 - PeopleToday begins our 3 week Tuesday series on something all #powerbi professionals need to have a hard look on.
The People, Process and Technology framework, and how it impacts the #powerbi and #dataculture. Today, is People.
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2022-08-3059 min
Explicit Measures Podcast121: Architecture of Data Implementation - Power BI Usage GuidesThe guys are going back to the Usage Scenarios series in the Microsoft Docs, focusing on the scenarios below:
Personal (review from last week)
Team
Departmental
Enterprise
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-implementation-planning-usage-scenario-overview
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2022-06-281h 01Explicit Measures Podcast116: Is The Power BI Platform Better Than the Classic Microsoft BI Architecture Stack?Today we are looking back on how the BI Architecture has changed - the tools of old (SSIS, Analysis Services) vs the "business" tools (dataflows, data marts).
Is the #PowerBI stack (not including Azure) BETTER than it was?
Thanks to Marcus Wegener for the inspiration https://lnkd.in/gp64TiKC
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2022-06-091h 04Explicit Measures Podcast111: Dealing With Spokes - Centralized Power BI and Departmental BIToday's #PowerBI podcast may be a situation you are in as a #PowerBI author: Centralized BI, with many "spokes" (different teams of BI)? Or you may be one of the spokes? How can we deal with this situation?
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2022-05-2459 minExplicit Measures Podcast108: Adding Max(Value( )) - Brining, Developing, & Selling Solutions In-HouseYou have an amazing solution that will change the business using #PowerBI & the #PowerPlatform - but how do you sell it?
The guys discuss just that - becoming known as a solution provider at your business, and what you need to do to get there.
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2022-05-1259 minExplicit Measures Podcast102: Best Practice Analyzer for Visuals & Report Design WishlistThe guys are diving into a mailbag!
What if we had a Best Practice Analyzer (like in Tabular Editor ApS ) for visuals and the #PowerBI report? What would our rules, fixes, and management look like?
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2022-04-2157 minExplicit Measures Podcast97: Report Features for Consumers - Just How Important?Personal Bookmarks, Personalize Visuals, and Comments - How important and what role do they play for #PowerBI Report consumers? The guys jump into the conversation, where they land on their importance, and what how do we get users to use them more (or even if they should).
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2022-04-051h 06Explicit Measures Podcast95: Grouping In Power BIThe guys are back from vacation! Jumping right into it, there are quite a few ways grouping works in Power BI, from visual grouping to field grouping, but is there a cut-off? The guys dive into all aspects, and focus on creating a group in a report file and what techincal debt ensues from it.
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2022-03-291h 02Explicit Measures Podcast88: If I Had $100... Power BI Visuals Editionif 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).
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2022-03-031h 12Explicit Measures Podcast87: Getting Power BI Authors To Conform To Best PracticesYou 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:
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2022-03-011h 01Explicit Measures Podcast86: What Do Incentives Mean in a Power BI Center of Excellence & Community of PracticeThe 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.
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2022-02-241h 09
Explicit Measures Podcast80: External Tools In Power BI - Their Role for the ProIf you consider yourself a master of the Power BI arts, there is a good chance you have used and know about External Tools in Power BI. If you have not, then stop listening start learning!
What is the role of External Tools, and should it be a requirement for a Pro to know and use them in Report Development? How essential are they?
The guys cover this and some tools you may not know about.
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2022-02-031h 01
Explicit Measures Podcast71: Power BI LicensesThe guys are back focusing on Power BI Licenses - what is the scale, the differences, and what should you look for?
Think this could be a boring topic? Or never thought of it? You should now - The scale between Pro, PPU, and Gen 2 is huge.
Licensing Info: https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
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2022-01-041h 08Explicit Measures Podcast70: Our Power BI ResolutionsThe guys are rounding out the year with what else? Resolutions! Can we stick to them?
The guys share our #PowerBI resolutions for the upcoming year. What do we want to stop doing, what we want to improve on, and where should we focus our time.
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2021-12-301h 04Explicit Measures Podcast64: Talking About Power BI ThemesLet's face it: You are not an expert on Color Theory. It is a common challenge that most Power BI Professionals struggle with design and color theory (we like data more). However, one can argue the use of a standard and organized color pallete can make or destory a report.
The guys talk about the importance of Theming in Power BI, what they look for, and their tools and tricks to create professional themes in Power BI.
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2021-12-0955 minExplicit Measures Podcast61: Trolling the ideas.PowerBI.com SiteThe guys have some more fun and look to what can we can look forward to in new Power BI features, or more so what they want to see become reality for Power BI in the future.
We all know that Microsoft heavily relies on the ideas.powerbi.com website for future development of features and services, and it counts the votes on those ideas. The guys pick their wish list.
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2021-11-301h 00Explicit Measures Podcast58: The Power BI Service Feature Draft!It's Draft Day! But not just any draft, the guys are taking the best of the best from the Power BI service and compete with each other for the best features.
The Goal: take from all the Power BI service features that will best enable you to adopt and distribute Power BI to an organization. We are choosing from Goals to Export CSV, 12 rounds of arguing and picks? We would love your input on who won, just go to PowerBI.Tips on LinkedIn and vote!
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2021-11-181h 04Explicit Measures Podcast53: Power BI Governance Part 3: Challenges, People, and Running a Governance ProgramThe guys are rounding out their series on Power BI Governance with Part 3 - what are the challenges involved, how do you get people on board, and the overall components of running a Governance Program. As always, we are using the Power BI Adoption Roadmap document (link below).
Link to document: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-governance#governance-challenges
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2021-11-021h 02Explicit Measures Podcast52: Short Term vs. Long Term Solutions for Power BI SolutionsDealing with a client or a project, a #powerbi report build or any data solution, how do we handle understanding the “ideal” approach vs. What is possible? The guys go over what makes up a short term compromise to a long term solution, and offer their experience on what makes up "must have", "should have" , and "would like to have" for aligning expectations for users.
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2021-10-281h 02Explicit Measures Podcast50: Nifty Fifty - Wrong Answers Only & The Best Power BI JokesWe made it to fifty (50!). To celebrate, the guys are taking a step back from technical deep dives, as they curated the best of the best Power BI jokes, memes, and best content the community has shared. If you are a Power BI pro, we promise you will be able to relate!
All the content today is around what those in Power BI deal with, and we are not alone in the technical problems, frustrations, and experiences that we all share dealing with data and people. Here's to another fifty!
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2021-10-2153 minExplicit Measures Podcast46: Adding the Final Touches to a Power BI ReportAnyone building Power BI Reports knows the amount of intricate tasks that are involved from data source to visuals in a Report. But what are the final enhancements you can make that really make it stand out? What about too much? When does it bloat your report?
The guys discuss their best advice and their own checklists.
Tommy finally released his article on the Scanner API! Read how to get it working for your company here: https://powerbi.tips/2021/10/using-the-power-bi-scanner-api-to-manage-tenants-entire-metadata/
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2021-10-0758 minExplicit Measures Podcast45: Talking Governance in Power BI - Part 1This is the first part of what we believe will be at least a 3-part series on Governance in Power BI. Future Governance episodes will be released later in the future.
Using the amazing Power BI Adoption Roadmap series, today the guys kick-off what Data Governance is by defining the introductory statements outlined in the Adoption Roadmap article on Governance (article here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-governance).
We focus on what is and what is not Data Governance, along with defining "Governing is what people do with data", and the goal is t...
2021-10-0556 minExplicit Measures Podcast33: What Makes a Good Power BI Executive Sponsor?Another bout with the Power BI Adoption Roadmap, this time focusing on the need for and importance of Executive Sponsorship & Support. What entails or successful factors should a Pro look for in an Executive Sponsor? Is it required to be Top-Down (C-level)?
Listen in to hear what the guys have experienced with successful Sponsorship, and what to look for in a promising candidate. Moreover, how do you sell someone at an organization to be that sponsor, and what should they expect of you?
Article Reference from today's discussion: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/p...
2021-08-2453 minExplicit Measures Podcast28: Adoption & Maturity Levels in Power BIThe guys are using the amazing resource by Melissa Coates on the Power BI Adoption Roadmap (referenced here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/guidance/powerbi-adoption-roadmap-maturity-levels) all around the Maturity Levels and looking at the Adoption Roadmap and the adoption perspectives around implementing a successful Power BI solution at an organization. What makes up maturity? How do you improve the overall adoption from one level to the next? Make sure to the read the article for reference!
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