{"id":7923,"date":"2015-12-12T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftydba.com\/?p=7923"},"modified":"2016-04-25T15:49:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T15:49:45","slug":"providence-sql-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/?p=7923","title":{"rendered":"Providence &#8211; SQL Saturday #465"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I traveling thru <a href = \"http:\/\/www.offices.net\/city-slogans.htm#P\">America\u2019s Renaissance City<\/a> to present at SQL Saturday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlsaturday.com\/465\/EventHome.aspx\">#465<\/a> in East Greenwich, RI.  It will be a good time to meet old friends, make new ones and learn something new.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft just released The Power Business Intelligence Desktop Designer in the Summer of 2015.  Join us as John Miner, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, demonstrates the new amazing capabilities of this cutting edge software.  <\/p>\n<p>Learn how X-Velocity uses super compression to query data faster than ever.  See how Power Query can access virtually any data anywhere turning it into business information.  Discover how disparate data can be conceptualized into a single business view.  New visualization technology brings all this together to see your business like never before.  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Topic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Power BI Desktop Designer<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Abstract:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You have been asked by upper management to provide new dashboards to describe how the North Wind Traders company is doing, find new business opportunities, and make sure sales are going in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>How can you leverage the Power BI Desktop Designer to complete this request?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Coverage:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\tLoad company data into the model<br \/>\n2.\tLoad additional data for new analysis<br \/>\n3.\tUse the M(ashup) language to format data<br \/>\n4.\tCreate relationships between the datasets<br \/>\n5.\tUse the DAX language to add additional measures<br \/>\n6.\tGraph the results using cool visual elements<br \/>\n7.\tCollate a bunch of graphs into a dashboard presentation<br \/>\n8.\tMake the dashboard dynamic with slicers<br \/>\n9.\tPublish the results to the cloud for sharing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PBI.zip\">Presentation Bundle<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I traveling thru America\u2019s Renaissance City to present at SQL Saturday #465 in East Greenwich, RI. It will be a good time to meet old friends, make new ones and learn something new. Microsoft just released The Power Business Intelligence Desktop Designer in the Summer of 2015. Join us as John Miner, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, demonstrates the new amazing capabilities of this cutting edge software. Learn how X-Velocity uses super compression to query data faster than ever. See how Power Query can access virtually any data anywhere turning it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[600],"tags":[1093],"class_list":["post-7923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pres","tag-business-intelligence--john-f-miner-iii--pass--presentation--rhode-island--sql-saturday--power-bi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craftydba.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}