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We are gathering this Halloween season to hear from Alex Kolokolov about his new book and (virtually) by the Data Witches, Shannon Lindsay & Stephanie Bruno to hear about Direct Lake Mode.

5:30 PM: Dinner & networking 6:15 PM: Lightning Talk (Alex Kolokolov) 6:30 PM: Unlocking the Magic: Direct Lake Mode in Power BI (Shannon Lindsay and Stephanie Bruno)

Talk description: In today's fast-paced business landscape, making quick, informed decisions is non-negotiable. That's why we're excited to introduce you to a true game-changer: Direct Lake mode in Power BI. This breakthrough comes hand in hand with the recently launched analytics platform, Microsoft Fabric.

Get ready to expand your data connectivity toolkit within Power BI. It's not about loading all your data at once; it's about on-demand loading. Translation? Only the data you need for a query gets loaded, making everything crazy fast. It's like data magic that flies when you need it.

Join us for an eye-opening session where we'll walk you through the ins and outs of Direct Lake mode. We're talking about the nitty-gritty architecture stuff, comparing it to other ways of data connecting, and showcasing real-world scenarios where Direct Lake mode works its charm.

7:00 (or when talk ends) Open space to get help from other developers

The sheer volume of business data has reached an all-time high. Using visualizations to transform this data into useful and understandable information can facilitate better decision-making. This practical book shows data analysts as well as professionals in finance, sales, and marketing how to quickly create visualizations and build savvy dashboards. Alex Kolokolov from Data2Speak and Maxim Zelensky from Intelligent Business explain in simple and clear language how to create brilliant charts with Microsoft Power BI and follow best practices for corporate reporting. No technical background is required. Step-by-step guides help you set up any chart in a few clicks and avoid common mistakes. Also, experienced data analysts will find tips and tricks on how to enrich their reports with advanced visuals. This book helps you understand: The basic rules for classic charts that are used in 90% of business reports Exceptions to general rules based on real business cases Best practices for dashboard design How to properly set up interactions How to prepare data for advanced visuals How to avoid pitfalls with eye-catching charts

Join this session to learn how to design a dashboard that will be used in the workplace and not ignored.

Did you know... Designers create beautiful dashboards from meaningless visuals. Analysts develop complex data models that are incomprehensible to decision makers. About 60% of business intelligence dashboards are unused.

What to expect from this session... Alex Kolokolov, our guest speaker will share insight on the type of dashboard designs that are used by decision makers. In this online session, Alex Kolokolov will host a “guess if this dashboard survived” quiz. He will talk about the factors that affect whether your dashboard will be used. These factors are:

• initial design and proposal
• user onboarding and engagement
• feedback and iteration adoption"

About the speaker Alex Kolokolov is on a personal mission to save the world from useless reports. He does this by training analysts how to create comprehensive dashboards. He is current based in the US, and is an author and founder of Data2Speak.

MAKE SCORECARDS GREAT AGAIN! Managers want to see "everything at once" and it makes reports overloaded with total metrics. Also, eye-catchy gauges make no sense. Analysts develop custom KPI solutions but they don’t meet business expectations in visualization and flexibility. At this workshop, you will learn how to enrich your dashboards with comprehensive KPI scorecards and make them flexible for customization and self-service analytics.

Agenda:

Business view How to define actionable metrics and highlight them on a dashboard. How to enrich dashboards view KPIs and not overload them

Design view Why gauges are useless and outdated. 3 “don’t” for KPI card background. Color coding: how to correctly highlight deviations, unachieved and exceeded goals.

Tech view 7 evaluation criteria to select KPI widget for your project. Review of advanced visuals for Microsoft Power BI Demo session: 5 steps to set up Multi Target KPI card, adopt it for mobile view.

• Introductions (5 mins)
• Presentation (45 mins)
• Q&A session (15 mins)

About Alex Kolokolov:

• CEO at Data 2 Speak Inc

• Books author: “Data Visualization with MS Power BI”, “Make your data speak”.

• Founder of international data visualization award .

This event is online.

Contact with Alex Kolokolov: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askolokolov/ Members participating in Meetup Live events must be respectful in interactions with people and in content posted on the platform.

In this meetup, we welcome back Alex Kolokolov, an expert in BI dashboards and visualisation. His mission is to "save the world of useless reports".

Problem Managers want to see "everything at once" and it makes reports overloaded with total metrics. Also, eye-catchy gauges make no sense.

Analysts develop custom KPI solutions, but they don’t meet business expectations in visualization and flexibility.

At this workshop, you will learn how to enrich your dashboards with comprehensive KPI scorecards and make them flexible for customization and self-service analytics.

Agenda Business view How to define actionable metrics and highlight them on a dashboard.

Design view Why gauges are useless and outdated. 3 “don’t” for KPI card background.

Tech view 7 evaluation criteria to select KPI widget for your project. Review of advanced visuals for Microsoft Power BI. Demo session: 5 steps to set up Multi Target KPI card, and adopt it for mobile view.

Speaker: Alex Kolokolov

• CEO at Data 2 Speak
• Author: “Data Visualization with MS Power BI” and “Make your data speak”.
• Founder of international data visualization award

This is an online event that will be live on Zoom and the Computergaga YouTube channel.

YouTube stream and replay link https://youtube.com/live/MUEOnaLknWs

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85042603914?pwd=84qzUbmdbzLNe2XrSCH7E8bgS5Sn3n.1

• Passcode: 277436

See you there.