During this week’s session on getting started with Power BI for the Excel user; there were several questions about data prep and how to use Dax to create easy to use data models. Which is a perfect segue to next week’s community webinar:
Data Preparation is the Keystone by Reza Rad
Prepare to be amazed with what you can achieve using Power Query in this demo-heavy session. Power Query is the data extraction, transformation, and mash up tool. It can be accessed through Excel or from Power BI Desktop. There are numerous data transformation features that can be used to solve real-world data preparation challenges. We will use customer case studies to go through scenarios of preparing data for modelling, and visualization. You will learn how to use features of Power Query such as generators, custom functions, and lots of built-in functions to solve those scenarios. You will also learn some data preparation techniques through Excel itself.
Reza Rad is an author, trainer, speaker, and consultant. He has been a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for six years, specializing in Microsoft Business Intelligence and data movement. Reza has worked with Microsoft BI technologies more than 15 years. He is an MCP, an MCT, and co-leader of the New Zealand Business Intelligence Users Group. He has previously published, and is currently writing, several books. You can find his technical articles on his blog at http://www.radacad.com.
He is author of books: SQL Server Integration Services, Microsoft SQL Server 2014/16 BI, Power BI online book from rookie to rock star, and author of Channel 9 SSIS tutorial video series. he speaks in many conferences listed on his website’s presentation section.
| Date | Title | Speaker | Registration /Recording Link |
| Completed | Getting started with Power BI for the Excel user | Matt Allington | https://info.microsoft.com/CO-PowerBI-WBNR-FY16-05May-17-Intro-to-PowerBI-for-Excel-Registration.html |
| 5/24/2016 | Data Preparation is the Keystone by Reza Rad | Reza Rad | https://aka.ms/communitywebinar |
| 5/25/2016 | CRM template and Power BI | Justyna Lucznik | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 5/26/2016 | Q&A , best practices and on premises Power BI | Patrick Baumgartner | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 5/31/2016 | DAX best practices from the field by Paul Turley | Paul Turley | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/7/2016 | Advanced Power BI: Solving the Hard Problems | Devin Knight | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/7/2016 | Tell data stories with Power BI publish to web | Lukasz Pawlowski | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/9/2016 | Power BI Security/Administration/Governance | Lorrissa Horton | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/16/2016 | Power BI & Pyramid | Lance Delano | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/21/2016 | Introduction To Power BI Reports by Chris Webb | Chris Webb | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/23/2016 | Best practices | Siva Harinath | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/28/2016 | DAX in Power BI: why you need to learn it by Marco Russo | Marco Russo | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 6/30/2016 | Power Apps/integration | Saurabh Pant | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/7/2016 | Power BI Embedded deep dive |
TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
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| 7/12/2016 | What’s New in Power BI | Siva Harinath | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/14/2016 | Power BI Data Modeling – repeat with new features | Romi Koifman | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/19/2016 | Using Power BI to Track Development | Simon Sabin | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/21/2016 | Power BI Mobile – repeat with key new features | Romi Koifman | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 7/26/2016 | Predictive Analytics in Education and Consumer Goods Using Power BI with Machine Learning. | David Brown | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 8/11/2016 | Data Connectors and Transformations (including/highlight SAP) | Miguel Martinez | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |
| 8/16/2016 | Finding and transforming data with Power Query in Excel and Power BI Desktop | Greg Low | TBA for more info please see: https://aka.ms/communitywebinars |