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A Few User Group Site Updates

By Michelle Lowry posted 5 days ago
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Hey, all! Your user group website has some new and changed features, and I’ve highlighted some of them below. View your Followed Content For some time now, you’ve been able to follow discussion posts, blog articles, and library entries by navigating to them and clicking the  Follow (star)  icon.  Following a content item triggers real-time email notifications to you whenever someone else in the community interacts with that item.  It’s a great way to keep up on a conversation or file that interests you.    Now, to make it as easy as possible to track  all  the content you're following, you can view it from your profile; just navigate to  My ...
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How to Retrieve Logged in USERNAME in POWER BI Reports. A Perfect Alternate Way for Direct Queries

By Srinivasa Mani Prabhakar P posted 11 days ago
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So many times, I have asked Mr. Google to give me a solution to pass user name as a parameter to POWERBI report for various development purposes. Google gives a lot of details but unfortunately, they do not suit my requirements. However, I would like to thank all people who contribute their ideas and implementations on all the forums in Google. I hope my way is the perfect alternative way to pass username as a parameter and we can even get it as a dataset. To implement this method, we require Analysis services to run in TABULAR Mode because POWERBI supports Tabular model. First, create a stored procedure of your logic where you want to pass the user name ...
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Have you had the Summit experience - Power Platform Summit?

By Jena Coffie posted 19 days ago
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Did you know the Power Platform Summit experience is happening in three locations around the world? Have you experienced it? Summit is everyone. Summit is a huge expo hall with hundreds of knowledgeable solution providers. Summit is hands on and new learning formats. Summit is networking on another level, locally and globally. Summit is for the community by the community. Simply put, Summit is not to be missed:  www.powerplatformsummit.com Power Platform Summit Australia - Melbourne | 21-23 August 2019 https://www.australiasummit.com/explore/power Power Platform Summit North America - Orlando | October 15-18, 2019 https://na.powerplatformsummit.com ...
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Using Power Platform Adoption Framework to help large organizations adopt, manage, and govern Power BI (and more) at scale

By Andrew Welch posted 20 days ago
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We get the most value from Power Platform when we truly embrace it as a platform . In other words, while the component parts — Power BI, PowerApps, Flow, Common Data Service, and even Dynamics — are incredible tools in their own right, the more we knit them together, the more valuable they become. But how do larger organizations truly adopt that platform at scale? How do we maturely infuse enterprise management, governance, and best practices into our adoption such that we empower our business users to build beautiful and useful things whilst also helping our friends in IT rest easy that the platform is stable and secure? I’ve been incredibly excited this ...
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Microsoft Business Applications Summit Recap from Dynamic Communities

By Bridget Courneya posted 21 days ago
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Microsoft Business Applications Summit Recap from Dynamic Communities Dynamic Communities and the Power Platform User Group Team had a wonderful and busy time at the Microsoft Business Applications Summit (MBAS) in Atlanta just over a week ago. It was so great to see and connect with so many faces from the Power Platform user group community. On top of the networking among current leaders and community members, hundreds of attendees stopped by to the booth looking to connect with their local user groups. Many interested in starting up a group near them if one did not exist. Because of this, there will be many new user groups created in the coming months ...
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May PUG of the Month Winner - West Midlands!

By Jena Coffie posted 21 days ago
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Congratulations to Power BI User Group Leader @Tom Gough and the West Midland PUG   for winning the May Leader Challenge.  We talked with the group’s leadership to learn more about the local Power BI User Group and plans for 2019.  ​ What has been the most exciting thing for your PUG so far? I think the most exciting thing so far was getting the first meeting up and running.  We had about 15 attendees which, while not huge, felt like a massive group when we were just starting out, and getting the support of the Wesleyan to host the event for us was amazing (the Wesleyan are a very well known company here in Birmingham with a history going back ...
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Is an online Power BI Special Interest Group for you?

By Mico Yuk posted Apr 28, 2019
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Have you heard of a Power BI SIG.. as in a special interest group? If your answer is No, that's OK. You're not alone. Power BI SIGs or Special Interest User Groups , are the hidden gems of the PUG community. Why? Because all you have to do is have an internet connection and a laptop, and you can have the full benefits of a community online, with 100's of others with similar interest across the world. Unlike the popular Power BI user groups, SIGs are very focused on a specific type of user, line of business or skillset. As one of the leaders for Power BI for Business User SIG, our focus is to help business users focus on how to really ask ...
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The Power BI cheat sheet, crammed with tips, tricks and best-practices!

By Marc Lelijveld posted Apr 23, 2019
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Two years ago my colleague Dave Ruijter ( t | in ) started the Power BI Cheat Sheet. First, it was a giveaway for participants of our classroom Power BI training with a summary of the tips and tricks we shared during the training. Not long after that, Dave decided to make it publicly available! Besides our tips and tricks, it also became community driven which results in a lot of input from the community via social media nowadays. Over a year ago, I ( t | in ) joined Macaw and started to help Dave with keeping the Cheat Sheet up-to-date, which is actually kind of a hard job with the fast release cycle of Power BI. The Power BI Cheat Sheet is a one-page ...
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Community Awards in Amsterdam

By Jena Coffie posted Apr 17, 2019
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On the closing day of activities in Amsterdam last month, industry experts, analysts, and power users gathered for the Town Hall at Power Platform Summit Europe to hear User Group announcements and take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the Microsoft Power Platform team for product Q&A. Kicking things off, the Power Platform User Group Team took the opportunity to announce and recognize those in the community that have made an impact on users. There are many amazing volunteers writing blogs, delivering webinars, instructing academy boot camps and presenting at regional events. They selflessly give of their time and knowledge to further the education ...
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February PUG of the Month Winner – Dublin!

By Jena Coffie posted Mar 13, 2019
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Congratulations to co-leaders  @Vali Abdykarim ​  @Jose Almeida   @Ben Watt   @Ted Murphy   @Liam O'Neill  and the  Dublin PUG for winning the February Challenge of the Month.  We talked with the group’s leadership team to learn more about the group and plans for 2019.  ​   What has been the most exciting thing for your PUG so far? It's hard to name one exciting thing as we have a lot to be excited about, but the most exciting for our community would be securing a permanent venue for Dublin PUG for all of 2019.   What makes your group successful? We defined our core values as networking and learning - so we have engaged with our community ...
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Building Canvas Apps with Standard Guidelines and Best Practices

By Ted Pattison posted Mar 12, 2019
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Many organizations are adopting the Power Platform because PowerApps and Flow make it so quick and easy to build business solutions without any need for the traditional software development life cycle. However, the ease of use of PowerApps is a double-edged sword. While it's relatively easy to get up and running with PowerApps, you’ll also find plenty of ways to get yourself in trouble and to create the canvas-app-from-hell that's impossible to maintain and evolve. While the Internet contains an infinite supply of blogs and youtube videos focused on PowerApps, there's not much content that answers the essential question. How do I ensure that I'm building ...
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Don't join your Date Dimension on Date Field.

By Farhan Ahmed posted Mar 11, 2019
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Most of us usually create joins on Date Values when we create internal date dimensions on PBI. Below is the case when actually it doesn't work properly. Let me brief a bit about data sources. 1- PostgreSQL 3- Date dimension created internally using Calendar function.  4- all the joins are on date column and they are working perfectly on PBI Desktop even after refreshing the data from PBI Desktop. When I published that on Server(PBI Report Server) report was running fine unless after Schedule refresh for Power BI Report. What actually was happening is that - Schedule was running on time - Schedule completed successfully - As soon as it completes all/most of ...
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Machine Learning con Power BI usando Azure ML Studio

By Pablo Moreno posted Mar 01, 2019
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 En este blog mostrare como usar Azure ML Studio -web service- en Power BI, usando Power Query. Efectivamente, cuando se desarrolla un modelo de Machine Learning o Analisis Predictivo con Azure ML Studio, ademas de poner el modelo en produccion, Podemos usar las capacidades de Power BI para visualizar y analizar los datos de resultado que se producen despues de que el algoritmo procesa los input. Azure ML Studio Debe crear un modelo en Azure ML Studio y crear un servicio web para él. ¿El ejemplo tradicional en Predecir un pasajero en un barco Titanic va a sobrevivir o no? Tenemos un conjunto de datos sobre pasajeros como su edad, género ...
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Free to use Power BI Tutorial Report

By Stephan de Jong posted Mar 01, 2019
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This article has previously appeared in the Global Power BI User Group, but has been republished for a bigger audience. Hi fellow Power BI enthusiasts! To properly set up the use of Power BI within your organization, it is usually necessary to give users some form of training. For users who only consume reports it is often sufficient to follow a short introductory training in which the possible interactions of a Power BI report are explained. One way of doing this is by using a step-by-step tutorial report within Power BI itself, that can also serve as a reference document. In the past few months I have already built such a Tutorial for ...
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The Power Platform World Tour: 2 Stops Down… Endless Possibilities To Go

By Rose Spitzer posted Feb 28, 2019
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The Power Platform World Tour (formerly referred to as the Power BI World Tour) is well underway as it recently wrapped up its second stop in Silicon Valley, California. With 24+ breakout sessions covering topics across the entire Power Platform, expert speakers, and great conversations fueled by gallons of coffee, it’s easy to see the excitement building within the Power Platform User Groups. Afterall, when else do Microsoft team members, users of Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow, and industry experts gather together to bring content closer to the local community? This is the time to push the boundaries of current business practices by focusing on empowerment, ...
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Microsoft's Alon Baram Rolls Out Power BI Embedded Highlights

By Jena Coffie posted Feb 25, 2019
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Recently the Power BI User Group sat down with Microsoft Senior Product Manager and Power Platform Summit Power Series speaker Alon Baram to learn more about Power BI Embedded and his upcoming session,  Deep Dive into Power BI Embedded , happening in Amsterdam this March. He shares about what's new, best practices for multi-tenancy, easier to create app-only authentication, and more - including what assets help drive future service planning. PowerBIUG: What will users take away from your two hour Power Series session at Power Summit?  Baram: Users will experience hands-on how in few easy steps, they can embed Power BI visuals in Web portals and applications ...
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Power BI - Primer visual de Inteligencia Artificial

By Pablo Moreno posted Feb 15, 2019
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En el update de Febrero de 2019, esta disponible (en estado ‘preview’) la primera visualización de AI: Influenciadores clave.  Las visualizaciones de AI utilizan el aprendizaje automático para razonar sobre sus datos de una manera natural, con la intencion de aprender y determiner como influyen determinadas variables independientes sobre otras variables -dependientes-. Una vez se elige un KPI que desea analizar, la visualización de los influyentes clave (Key Influencers) determina qué es lo más importante para controlar su métrica y también encuentra segmentos interesantes para que se investigue. Una vez que active la función de vista previa a través del ...
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What is a Workspace in Power BI?

By Jessica Jolly posted Feb 14, 2019
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If you have only ever played in the Power BI Desktop, and never ventured into the Power BI Service, you may not be aware of what a Workspace is.  But once you start using the Service, you will definitely need to understand what workspaces are and how they function. In  March, I am going to tackle this subject in a webinar and a discussion group. (Check back under the Webinars tab to register for these two events.) These webinars will be focused on beginner business users, so if you are just getting started in Power BI, this is for you. I promise, I won't assume anything and won't use jargon. Also, please be sure to join the Business Users Special Interest ...
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January PUG of the Month Winner - Galway!

By Jena Coffie posted Feb 07, 2019
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Congratulations to @Anne Walsh  and @Martin Loughman and the  Galway PUG  for winning the January Challenge of the Month.  We talked with @Anne Walsh and @Martin Loughman  to learn more about the group and plans for 2019.  ​   What has been the most exciting thing for your PUG so far? Definitely having MVP @Ruth Pozuelo Martinez  to launch our user group was the most exciting thing so far.  Ruth demonstrated her famous "Billionaire" Power BI report and showed us how she put it all together. With 18,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel Curbal, she’s a great champion and promoter of Power BI across the world.   What makes your group ...
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User Group Focus for Power Platform: Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow Content

By Sue Whitney posted Feb 01, 2019
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User Group Focus for the Power platform (includes Power BI, PowerApps, Microsoft Flow) March 13-14, 2019 in Houston, TX  In its fourth year,   User Group Focus for the Power platform   is heading to Houston, TX this March 13-14. This immersive event offers 90-minute, multi-level sessions on PowerBI, PowerApps, and Microsoft Flow. All sessions are deep-dives, presented by technical and functional experts, MVPs, and Microsoft team members. Why should you attend? An intimate event, User Group Focus offers a unique opportunity to sharpen your skills and learn best practices to further your job role, career, and product investment. This will result ...
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