Power BI and Paginated Reports: Better Together
Today we’ll be concluding our 3-part series on Analysis versus Reporting, Power BI versus SSRS and Paginated Reports, and looking closely at our habit of using the word “versus” so liberally
Category: Observations, Trends, and Wild Speculation
Paginated Reporting and Power BI: Why You Probably Need Both
Technologies always come with tradeoffs, and an interactive canvas is ultimately a place where you arrange a bunch of pre-built objects.
Power BI and Paginated Reports: Have We Come Full Circle?
There are few stories as tortured and twisted as my relationship with Analysis and Reporting. In 2002, as part of the Excel team at Microsoft, I was introduced to the concept of Business Intelligence
Power BI Brain Candy: Value Above Replacement
In today’s article, I’m aiming to achieve three overlapping goals:
Siloed and Slow: What Happens When You Aren’t Using Power BI’s Data Model “Brain”
Last week’s post left off here: most BI still relies on the storage layer (SQL or its many cousins) to be the brain, and storage layers are terrible brains because they were designed for storage, not for analysis.
Data Models: Power BI Has a Brain. How About Your BI Strategy?
Alternate Titles Abound! I could have just as easily titled this post ANY of the following:
Making BI Count
Early in my BI career, I learned that telling friends and family I worked in “Business Intelligence” wasn’t very helpful.
Agile BI Moves from “If” to “How”
Eight years ago, I lucked into an epiphany: IT-driven BI was going to give way to biz-driven BI (aka “self-service” or “Agile” BI). The new wave of BI tools – led by Power Pivot at the time, which ultimately grew into Power BI – gave business subject matter experts something they’d previously lacked: the ability to execute directly.
Power BI (DAX and M) vs. R: A Summer of Perspective
Based on what I’ve learned from Zoe, and what I’ve read to fill in the gaps, I think the two big differentiators are “how much statistical rigor do you require” and “how many different variations of the question do you need to ask?”
Podcast with John Michaloudis!
Awhile back I recorded a podcast with John Michaloudis from MyExcelOnline and it went live today. Fun chat, lots of excitement.
Individual Excellence vs. Organizational Impact: Know the Difference!
What We Can Do With “Just” DAX and Modeling. It’s my experience-powered belief that you cannot get a Win of that size without leveraging DAX and Modeling.
What Is the Proper Role of Consultants in Agile / Self-Service BI?
Our Story (that Began in 2010!) Hits an Inflection Point