PROLOGIKA NEWSLETTERS
Browse the archive for practical insights into Microsoft data analytics and the decisions behind successful solutions.
Back to CommunityJune 19, 2021
Business Performance Management (BPM) is a methodology to help the company predict its performance. An integral part of a BPM strategy is creating and monitoring a scorecard with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). In this newsletter, I’ll discuss how the newly released Power BI Goals can…
Read newsletterMarch 13, 2021
Amidst the COVID pandemic, the Houston Health Department (HHD) had another predicament to tackle. With lab results accumulating rapidly at one million cases per month, the vendor system they used for capturing and analyzing COVID data couldn't keep up. In this newsletter, you'll learn how…
Read newsletterDecember 17, 2020
I hope you're enjoying the holidays. In this newsletter, I'll discuss a very important enhancement to Power BI that lets business users extend semantic models. But before I get to it, a quick announcement. I'm putting the finishing touches of the sixth edition of my…
Read newsletterSeptember 18, 2020
Cloud deployments are the norm nowadays for new software projects, including BI. And Azure Synapse Analytics shows a great potential for modern cloud-based data analytics platform. Here are some high-level pros and cons to keep in mind for implementing Azure Synapse-centered solutions that I harvested…
Read newsletterJune 11, 2020
More and more organizations are switching to Microsoft Teams mostly for online meetings. However, Microsoft Teams can deliver much more than that and it will be unjust to compare it with other popular meetings apps. In this newsletter you'll learn how Prologika helped a public…
Read newsletterMarch 8, 2020
Do you know that according to Gartner, at least five of the top 10 technology trends for 2020 will involve predictive analytics? And the third on the list is "democratization" to deliver it to non-specialists. With the growing demand for predictive analytics, Automated Machine Learning…
Read newsletterDecember 25, 2019
Happy Holidays! I hope you're enjoying this special time of the year. A few months ago, I did an assessment for a large company that was advised by an undisclosed source that they should use their Dynamics Financials and Operations (F&O) system as a data…
Read newsletterSeptember 15, 2019
We all need to share. But until a couple of months ago, a Power BI training or assessment wouldn't be complete unless I got hammered on the Power BI sharing limitations. Fortunately, Microsoft has addressed most of these and I have now a much better…
Read newsletterJune 15, 2019
After learning how to model the data properly (the most important skill), DAX would be the next hurdle in your self-service or organizational BI journey. You won't get far in Microsoft BI without DAX. This letter shares a tip on how to identify DAX performance…
Read newsletterMarch 17, 2019
At least five of the top 10 IT trends in 2019 identified by Gartner involve machine learning in one form or the other. The list includes autonomous things, augmented analytics, AI-driven development, digital twins, and immersive experience. Gartner also predicts that by 2022, at least…
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