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Description You might have heard the news: Building visuals and creating DAX measures in Power BI is easier when your data model is in shape.

You can consider a data model being in shape when it contains a date (or time) table and has all fact tables normalized and all dimension tables denormalized. You should also replace flags and indicators with meaningful texts, duplicate dimensions for role-playing purposes, create bin tables for range of values, etc. In this talk Markus will show you in live demos how you bring your data model into shape: trimming off the fat of your fact tables and adding muscles to your dimension tables with the help of Fabrics workloads. Follow Markus’ step-by-step guide to learn how you can make the life of Power BI report creators easy.

Speaker: Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen | LinkedIn

Microsoft Data Platform Group Birmingham

Thursday 3rd April at 13:00 (GMT - UK Time)

Speaker: Markus Ehrenmueller-Jensen

Title: Data Shaping for Power BI in Fabric

Description: You might have heard the news: Building visuals and creating DAX measures in Power BI is easier when your data model is in shape.

You can consider a data model being in shape when it contains a date (or time) table and has all fact tables normalized and all dimension tables denormalized. You should also replace flags and indicators with meaningful texts, duplicate dimensions for role-playing purposes, create bin tables for a range of values, etc.

In this talk, Markus will show you in live demos how you bring your data model into shape: trimming off the fat of your fact tables and adding muscles to your dimension tables with the help of Fabric's workloads. Follow Markus’ step-by-step guide to learn how you can make the life of Power BI report creators easy.

Agenda:

12.45 - 13:00 : Setup and Join

13:00 - 13:05 : Open Lobby and Introductions

13:05 - 14:00 : Data Shaping for Power BI in Fabric

Venue: Wherever you have access to a computer or smart device! This session will be online only!

Other Details:

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Sponsors:

Purple Frog Systems

Power BI Sentinel

This October the Birmingham Microsoft Data Platform User Group is launching a FREE brand new in-person event!

Introducing, FabFest 2024!!🎉

It will take place at Millennium Point in Birmingham on October 3rd.

• 1 day
• 7+ sessions
• Non-stop learning

A full day’s learning and networking, and some free refreshment thrown in to boot.

Join us and delve into the world of Microsoft Fabric and AI, featuring seven dynamic sessions. Attendees will start with an introduction plus the latest news from Fabric and AI, then progress to more advanced, practical sessions designed to provide a comprehensive understanding and hands-on experience.

Agenda:

09:20 - Alex Whittles – CEO of Purple Frog Understanding Microsoft Fabric Get a deep dive into Microsoft Fabric and how it’s shaping the future of data platforms.

10:25 - Lewis Prince – AI Engineer at Purple Frog Systems Introduction to AI; What, Why and How? In this session Lewis will break down the stigmas on AI and talk about how AI solutions can help any business in any sector.

11:20 - Barney Lawrence – Specialist Microsoft Data Platform Analytics and Engineering Consultant. What's What and Who's Who? Cross System Record Linkage in Fabric Barney will cover the basics of what deterministic, fuzzy, and probabilistic matching are and then dive into creating and applying a model to example data and look at how to analyse the results.

12:40 - James Dales - CEO at Tekantis Realtime streaming data with Microsoft Fabric James will use the Real-Time Intelligence capabilities of Microsoft Fabric to ingest live aircraft flight data as they are flying right now!

13:35 - Joe Billingham – Senior Data Engineer at Purple Frog Systems Harnessing the Power of the DAX Engine: Storage vs Formula Joe will be breaking down the DAX engine, explaining the difference between the storage and formula engines and how understanding this can help optimisation.

14:40 - Abhinav Jayanty – Data Engineer at Quorum Moneyball: How Data has Revolutionised Analytics in Sports Dive into how data analytics has transformed the world of sports, enhancing strategies and driving performance.

15:35 - Paul Andrew – Co-Founder & CTO of Cloud Formations Administering Microsoft Fabric: Capacities, Workspaces, and Domains In this session, Paul will explore the administration of Microsoft Fabric, with a focus on the organisation and management of data storage/compute through the configuration of capacities, domains, data products, environments and workspaces.

For the full agenda and timing, please visit Agenda – FabFestConf

Please let us know if you have registered and can no longer attend as this frees up space for another attendee.

Sponsors: Purple Frog Systems Power BI Sentinel RP Analytics