Thoughts on Passing DA-100 and Why I Sat It the Second Time

I am thrilled to have just passed the DA-100 but thought I would share why I sat it, the resources I used and importantly what it means to me. A little background about me, I work with Power BI every day and already had passed the MCSA BI Reporting certification, I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer […]
30DQUERY Day 29 Partitions

Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on twitter Twitter Share on facebook Facebook This query involved taking the data and splitting it into four partitions using power query. I’ve split the data into four partitions and the query folds which means that a Power Query query generates a single query statement to retrieve and transform source […]
30DQUERY Day 30 Last day

#30DQUERY Day 30 Last day of this Challenge which makes me really sad 🙁 🙁 I have really enjoyed these challenges and a huge thank you to Alex Powers for driving the momentum. If you are interested in Power Query there is no reason why you can’t join restrespectively 30 Day Query link The final days challenge […]
Mastering DAX

So very thrilled to complete this. It’s been a real roller coaster of a journey which has involved dark rooms and rocking back and forth. What helped was also reading the book at the same time. I found working through the Demo files whilst watching the clips also helped as I could make notes and […]
Microsoft Power BI – a quick way to ensure your client is happy with their dashboard

Client Satisfaction is critical to ensure that your dashboard works. I came across a genius idea whilst working through a masterclass in Power BI with the brilliant Chandoo which was very kindly hosted by Plum Solutions. The genius idea…. use a power point template to structure your dashboard. Why is this genius? It means that […]
Microsoft Power Bi Dashboard – a sales dashboard example

So if you know me, you’ll know much I value and enjoy working with Excel, R, Python and Shiny. I love data and the power that it gives you to find out what is happening with your business. Therefore you may be surprised to learn that my allegiance is under threat…. Microsoft Power BI is […]