Author Archives: McNeely DW BI

Power BI Key Influencers

The Key Influencers visual in Power BI is designed to assist analysts in gaining a deeper understanding of the driving factors in their data.  The key requirement is needing to analyze categorical data.  Categorical data is usually a limited number of values in a column, or an entity.  Top Segments is also a tab withContinue reading “Power BI Key Influencers”

Power BI Data Sources

The two main questions I hear all the time are “where should I source my data”, and “where should I store my data” for Power BI. The answers depend on the underlying data, and analytical requirements. (Depending on your data sources a variety of PBI storage/connection options are available.)

Azure Blueprint Lifecycle

Using Azure Blueprints allows teams to leverage Code as Infrastructure which become very beneficial in continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) for quick and efficient DevOps.   Azure Blueprints Lifecycle Quick Guide Looking for an overview of Azure Blueprints.  Azure Blueprints Quick Guide Overview  

Azure Blueprints Overview

A quick overview guide to Azure Blueprints.  The below document is helpful in communicating the purpose, components, and steps of Azure Blueprints.  It describes the Blueprint artifacts Resource Group, Azure Resource Manager Template, Policy Assignment, Role Assignment. Azure Blueprints Overview