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  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on May 21

    May 14, 2018 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, May 21st at 6:30 PM. Paco González will take us into a deep dive into Microsoft Cognitive Services and how to integrate them with Power BI. SolidQ will sponsor the meeting. And your humble correspondent will introduce you to Power BI Premium incremental refresh. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the main page) if...

  • Another Successful Power BI Workshop

    May 11, 2018 / No Comments »

    Thank you to everyone attending the Power BI workshop by Prologika yesterday. We had another great turnout with more than 50 people from 30+ companies attending the event at the Microsoft Technology Center in Alpharetta! Kudos to Eric Flamm and Michael Folarinde for the great job proctoring the event. Here is some feedback that the attendees shared in the post-event survey: "I was frustrated and confused with using Power BI service and Desktop because I didn't know how to manipulate the visualizations,...

  • Presentations by Prologika at SQL Saturday Atlanta 2018

    May 1, 2018 / No Comments »

    SQL Saturday Atlanta is a must-attend, full-day event for the community, by the community. This year SQL Saturday will take place on May 19th at Gwinnett Technical College - Alpharetta, 2875 Old Milton Pkwy, Atlanta, Georgia, 30009. Prologika will deliver two presentations: Master Data Management with SQL Server 2016 MDS According to the Top Business Intelligence Trends 2018 survey by BI-Survey.com and based on feedback from over 2,000 BI professions, the top BI trend this year is Master Data/Data Quality...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on April 30th

    April 23, 2018 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, April 30th at 6:30 PM. Patrick LeBlanc will do a deep dive into Power BI Report Server. TEKsystems will sponsor the meeting. And your humble correspondent will demo several latest Power BI features: buttons and Q&A. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the group page) if you're planning to attend. Atlanta BI Group April 30th Meeting...

  • Another Successful Power BI Workshop

    April 13, 2018 / No Comments »

    Thank you to everyone attending the Power BI workshop by Prologika yesterday. We had great turnout with more than 50 people from 30 companies attending the event at the Microsoft Technology Center in Alpharetta! The key takeaways were: Many companies transition to Power BI because of its great value-to-cost proposition. PowerQuery is a fantastic tool for data cleansing and transformation that is missing in other competitor offerings. Power BI can deliver rich visualization capabilities that delight end users and surpass...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on March 26th

    March 21, 2018 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on Monday, March 26th at 6:30 PM. Leo Furlong will introduce you to implementing organizational semantic models with Azure Analysis Services. BlueGranite will sponsor the meeting. And your humble correspondent will demo several latest Power BI features: persistent filters, tooltip pages, and share to anyone. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the group page) if you're planning to attend....

  • Prologika AppSource Consulting Offers

    February 28, 2018 / No Comments »

    Microsoft selected and published two Prologika Power BI-related consulting offers on Microsoft AppSource. And their price is right; they are both free! Power BI for Your Organization: 2 HR Assessment – Prologika will evaluate your data analytics objectives to determine how Power BI can empower your organization to understand better and improve its business. Power BI for Business Performance: 2-Hr Briefing – Prologika will provide you with a free, 2-hour briefing on how our client derived tremendous value from our solution for...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on February 26th

    February 22, 2018 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on February 26th at 6:30 PM. Stacey Jones will explain how Power BI can integrate with other systems, such as Dynamics and Salesforce. SentryOne will sponsor the meeting. And your humble correspondent will show you two latest Power BI features: report sharing and date tables. For more details, visit our group page and don't forget to RSVP (use the RSVP survey on the group page) if you're planning to...

  • Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group Meeting on January 29th

    January 25, 2018 / No Comments »

    MS BI fans, join us for the next Atlanta MS BI and Power BI Group meeting on January 29th at 6:30 PM. Julie Smith will hack sweet reports in Power BI. Innovative Architects will sponsor the meeting. And your humble correspondent will show you two new cool Power BI features: integration with PowerApps and Q&A in Power BI Desktop. For more details, visit our group page. Presentation: H*ckin Sweet Reports with Power BI Level: Intermediate Date: January 29, 2018 Time 6:30 –...

  • Applied Power BI Book (3rd Edition)

    December 31, 2017 / No Comments »

    I'm excited to announce the third edition of my Applied Microsoft Power BI book! When the original book was published  in January 2016, it was the first Power BI book at that time. Since then, I helped many companies adopt or transition to Power BI, and taught hundreds of students. It's been a great experience to witness the momentum surrounding Power BI. The third revision added more than 20% new content (the book is now 426 pages) and probably that...