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Tired of the limitations of standard Power BI visuals? Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) are a versatile tool for enhancing reports beyond what is possible with the core Power BI visuals.

This session will empower you to harness the full potential of SVGs, starting with a clear exploration of their underlying structure and key features, and demonstrating straightforward methods for seamless integration into your Power BI environment.

Discover how to forge a direct connection between your Power BI data and SVG elements to create insightful sparklines, interactive graphs, and more. We will analyze Microsoft's own implementation of Sparklines within Power BI, extracting valuable lessons in optimizing DAX measures for better performance.

Finally, we will explore how leveraging more advanced SVG elements and techniques can significantly simplify and compact your SVG definitions, leading to cleaner, more maintainable, and performant visuals.

Jake Duddy specializes in Business Intelligence and Power BI. He administers a Fabric tenant, and develops processes and tooling to empower developers. Jake champions best practices, having established DevOps processes and robust admin monitoring solutions

Jake is an active member of the Fabric community. He shares his insights through his blog, evaluationcontext.github.io, where posts on his experiments and experiences with topics related to the Microsoft analytic stack. He presents at Fabric User Groups, and recently got the opportunity to present at the Fabric Power Hour at SQL Bits. He also frequents the Fabric forums, offering solutions where possible.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeduddy/ https://evaluationcontext.github.io/ https://github.com/EvaluationContext/Sessions

In this session, we'll look at translytical task flows, by building a fully functional Sudoku game directly within Power BI. We'll explore how to leverage Microsoft Fabric's SQL backend and Python User Data Functions (UDFs) to create interactive experiences, where your clicks in Power BI dynamically update game states in a database.

Jake Duddy specializes in Business Intelligence and Power BI. He administers a Fabric tenant, and develops processes and tooling to empower developers. Jake champions best practices, having established DevOps processes and robust admin monitoring solutions

Jake is an active member of the Fabric community. He shares his insights through his blog, evaluationcontext.github.io, where posts on his experiments and experiences with topics related to the Microsoft analytic stack. He presents at Fabric User Groups, and recently got the opportunity to present at the Fabric Power Hour at SQL Bits. He also frequents the Fabric forums, offering solutions where possible.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeduddy/ https://evaluationcontext.github.io/ https://github.com/EvaluationContext/Sessions

When: Thursday 17th July 2025 Time: arrive for 5:45pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt. Location: Method Resourcing, 2nd Floor, Dean House, 94 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2QX

Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts Method Resourcing Solutions.

This #MSFABRICBRISTOL will feature Jake Duddy and Neil Rowlands

Session 1 - Visualise Your Connections A Practical Guide to Power BI Graphs - Jake Duddy Graphs are everywhere – from the intricate web of social networks to the scheduling algorithms on our devices. Yet, Power BI traditionally struggles with visualising graphs. Discover practical strategies for structuring your data and learn how to use Deneb to create compelling, interactive graph visualisations that reveal crucial relationships within your data.

About Jake Jake Duddy specialises in Business Intelligence and Power BI. He administers a Power BI tenant and develops processes and tools to empower developers. Jake champions best practices, having established DevOps processes and robust admin monitoring solutions

Jake is an active member of the Fabric community. He shares his insights through his blog, evaluationcontext.github.io, where he shares his experiments and experiences with topics related to the Microsoft analytic stack. He is a Community Champion on the Fabric Forums, and he frequently presents at Power BI User Groups, sharing his knowledge with a broader audience.

Session 2 - Turbocharging your Power BI report with Power Platform - Neil Rowlands We create an awesome report, share it with users and then think… how can I easily ask my users if this is providing the insight that they want? With Power Platform we can embed a simple canvas app into a Power BI report, store responses securely in Dataverse and use Power Automate to notify report authors. In this session Neil will deliver a whistle-stop tour of environments and solutions, creating Dataverse tables, creating a canvas app and embedding this into a Power BI report plus authoring a simple Power Automate flow.

About Neil Neil is a senior Power Platform and Power BI practitioner who specialises in process digitisation, workflow automation and reporting. Neil is also a highly qualified trainer with 13 Microsoft certifications, including Microsoft Certified Trainer. And he’s one of our very own regular attendees!!

We all look forward to seeing you there!!

Join us for the #PBIBRUM August meetup online!

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MzJjZTI2ZTgtNzgyMy00NmE3LWEyZWQtYWI5Mjg0YmRjMTY0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22da10d618-1111-4a55-80fb-c9e8cd2b7f49%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225e244129-cb8b-4800-be16-9410acc92e2a%22%7d

18:00 - Intros

18:05 - Odeta Jankaitiene - Unlock the Power of Power BI with the Design Learn how to elevate your reports from bland to captivating by mastering the art of colour, backgrounds and layout. Say goodbye to bland and confusing reports and hello to cohesive, easy-to-understand visuals that will impress your colleagues and stakeholders. In this session, discover the essential design principles and techniques to make your data tell a compelling story. Join me and take the first step towards creating truly impactful Power BI reports!

18:50 - Q&A

19:00 - Jake Duddy - PBIP Deployment Deep dive on Power BI Project (PBIP) format and how Fabric APIs can be used to deploy Semantic Models and Reports to the Power BI/Fabric service.

19:45 - Q&A

This session will focus on various git branching stratergies and how these apply to Power BI (.pbip) deployment.

Jake is a BI Developer at HSBC. Special interest in looking at the nuts and bolts of things, and diving into the esoteric.