Explicit Measures Podcast

By PowerBI.TipsBusiness

Explicit Measures Podcast episodes

March 25, 2023 199: Defining the Business Problem - Creating Measures From Scratch
Who 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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59 min
March 21, 2023 198: Dealing With Power BI Errors
Let'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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1 hr 3 min
March 16, 2023 197: 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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46 min
March 14, 2023 196: 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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1 hr 2 min
March 09, 2023 195: Use Cases for New Updates to Paginated Reports
The 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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1 hr 2 min
March 07, 2023 194: 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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59 min
March 02, 2023 193: How To Build Data Literacy In Your Company
As 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
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.
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1 hr 1 min
February 28, 2023192: 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.
Links to Major Releases:
Bulk Updating Metrics -       Power BI April 2022 Feature Summary

Milestones & Categorical      Metrics | Power BI June 2022 Feature Summary

Metric Visual | Power BI      August 2022 Feature Summary

Announcing submetric roll ups      in Power BI Metrics | October 2022

Roll Ups | Power BI October      2022 Feature Summary

Linked Metrics | Power BI      November 2022 Feature Summary

Enterprise scorecards with      hierarchies and linked metrics in Power BI Metrics | December 2022

Track Metrics in Windows App      | Power BI December 2022 Feature Summary

Announcing: Viva Goals +      Metrics integration, scorecard time zones and more | January 2023

Linked & Follow Metric      Updates | Power BI February 2023 Feature Summary
Oh! And the PowerBI.Tips Theme Generator got a major upgrade! Check it out: https://themes.powerbi.tips/themes/
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56 min
February 23, 2023 191: Data Storytelling Is the Conduit for Modern Data Literacy
We 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/
Get in touch:
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1 hr 3 min
February 21, 2023 190: 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?
Get in touch:
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1 hr 1 min

About Explicit Measures Podcast

From the publisher's feed

Hosted by Mike Carlo, and Tommy Puglia, the Explicit Measures Podcast is a Power BI focused show that is like being around a Power BI Pro’s Water Cooler. With so many available resources in the community that focuses on the “how” in Power BI (how to do Drill Through, how to use DAX, etc.,), the Explicit Measures Podcast is all around the WHY. Why use a particular feature, does it make sense for my users?