You finished your powerbi report, distributed it among the report users and now you’re done right?
No, actually, you are just getting started! 🚀 I’ve been a Power BI consultant for almost 7 years now and in my experience, the hardest part of all of Power BI is to produce a report that is actually used by your report users. Just sending an email to your users with a link to...
Marnix Jansen
When you’re going to develop a new report in powerbi, turn your computer off!
Sounds a bit strange, I understand, but let me explain: Before you’re going to open up your laptop and turn it on, you wanna make sure you’ve first determined what you’re going to do. Go low-tech! Technology only gets in the way of your common sense and creativity during this phase. Just a whiteboard and...
Soft Skills are more important than hard skills
When it comes to #powerbi, soft skills are more important than hard skills! Let me give you an example: A data analyst built an awful report which is ugly, slow to respond, poorly designed and provides a terrible user experience. 👎🏻 But, the analyst made sure the report users were involved from the get-go, organized thorough...
Marnix Jansen
Combine multiple excel sheets
How do you combine multiple Excel sheets in #powerbi even when the structure is different? Learn all about it in this short video!
Marnix Jansen
The four Power BI roles
#Powerbi users can actually be divided into four different roles. Read all about it in this article. Introduction When talking about “the Power BI user”, I find it useful to distinguish between four different kind of users. They all need a different approach when it comes to training, guidance, software and licenses. For the PL-300 (Power...
