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Explicit Measures Podcast
Hosted by Mike Carlo, and Tommy Puglia, the Explicit Measures Podcast is a Power BI focused show that is like being around a Power BI Pro’s Water Cooler. With so many available resources in the community that focuses on the “how” in Power BI (how to do Drill Through, how to use DAX, etc.,), the Explicit Measures Podcast is all around the WHY. Why use a particular feature, does it make sense for my users? Build the toolset, learn the how, and then come to the Podcast to the listen to the why in…
Episodes
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336: Microsoft Fabric's Impact on Developers
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a new article on how the user story of Business Intelligence continues to change due to Microsoft Fabric…
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334: Should We Go Back To the Office?
With working from home so familiar to many of us, and with all of the resources / tooling we need available via the internet - do BI professionals working in…
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333: From Creative Solutions to Data Products
Mike, Seth & Tommy ask themselves where does creative time and resources live in the life of a Microsoft Fabric / Power BI Pro. When do we need to get…
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332: User Input Tables & Gold Models
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a new article arguing for incorporating Gold Semantic Models with User Input Tables. Enhancing Your Golden Semantic Model with User…
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331: Communication as CRUCIAL for Business Intelligence
Mike, Seth, & Tommy focus a different area of what we consider Power BI & Microsoft Fabric - how well do you communicate with your teams? Get in touch: Send in…
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330: Mailbag! Pipelines & Missing Features
Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through a users frustration around missing features with Fabric & Pipelines. What's the purpose of deployment pipelines and GIT…
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329: Everything Is Still BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a great article on the relevancy of BI Products and where our focus needs to be. https://benn.substack.com/p/everything-is-still-bi…
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328: Microsoft Fabric Is Team Sport
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss another great article by Kurt Buhler, we know you will enjoy it! https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/fabric-expert Get in touch: Send…
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327: Mailbag! Is Microsoft Fabric Ready?
We have a great new mailbag from Chris Young! Chris Young from metro Detroit here. My question is a simple one. Is Fabric soup yet? I know its GA, but do we…
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326: Uncovering Microsoft Fabric Security
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the Microsoft Fabric Security whitepaper (75 pages!) and what is important, what we need to know…
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325: Data Exploration & Spin Off Projects
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an excellent article on Spin-Off Projects & what it means in our space…
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324: The Separation of Data & Content
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a article about data and content and what to do with Workspaces. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to…
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323: The Impact of Task Flows in Microsoft Fabric
Tommy, Seth, & Mike go through the new Task Flow features in Workspaces and does it qualify as a gamechanger and for whom. Get in touch: Send in your questions…
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322: Microsoft Build Fabric Update Avalanche
With amazing updates from Microsoft Build 2024, the guys run through the major impact to Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you…
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321: Building a Power BI Team
Mike, Seth, & Tommy review what it takes as your first and second member on a Microsoft Fabric Power BI Team
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320: Mailbag x3
The guys go over 3 mailbag questions from the amazing audience. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to…
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319: The Evolution & Future of Data Visualization
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how our job role has drastically been changed due to how we actually show and share data, and discuss what will be the factor…
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318: Role Shifts & Microsoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the rapidly evolving roles organizations and pros are having due to Microsoft Fabric. Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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317: Why Quick Wins Are So Important!
Mike, Seth, & Tommy deep dive into why quick wins in Business Intelligence & Power BI can be a make or break effort. Get in touch: Send in your questions or…
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316: Metrics Hub Interview with Carly from Microsoft!
Mike, Seth, & Tommy are so excited to have Carly from the Product Lead team at Microsoft discuss the upcoming Metrics Hub announced at the Fabric Conference!…
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315: Fabric Deployment Models
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through a new document that surprised us on the Azure site.. 4 Methods to deploy Microsoft Fabric…
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314: The Importance of Semantic Link
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the world of Semantic Link, revisiting its core concepts and exploring its potential. We pose the question: Could…
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313: The Art of the Possible With Demos
The Value of Demos is something we have all done, usually dealing the how to of Power BI. But what about showcasing features not yet mastered or adopted? Can…
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312: Abnormal Data Documentation
We have another mailbag! Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a question from a listener, on how do we document and review outliers in our data. Get in touch: Send in…
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311: Power Query Paginated & Folders
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through the major updates to Paginated Reports (Desktop version)... Power Query! What impact will this have and how much does this…
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310: Is It Too Much?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy roundtable the volume of updates, features, and products now available for the SINGLE BI Professional. Thanks again to Kurt Buhler for…
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309: AI, Fabric, and the Future of Consulting
Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk about a mailbag focusing on the future of BI Consulting. No matter if you are in the consulting space or in house, what services are…
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308: Fabric Updates & Security
Mike, Seth, & Tommy follow up from the Fabric Conference on more questions about the future. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to…
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307: Implications of the Fabric Community Conference Announcements
Mike, Seth, & Tommy recap the 4 promises Microsoft is taking with Microsoft Fabric, including major updates to Microsoft Fabric in Preview and coming up. What…
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306: Let's Talk Power BI Templates
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the evolution of Power BI Templates outside of just PBIT. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by…
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305: Fabric Lakehouse or Data Warehouse?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a great article by Sam Debruyn on what really a Fabric Lakehouse is, and where should we spend out time. Get in touch: Send in your…
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304: The Quality Problem
Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk about Data Quality and Missed Opportunities. Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to…
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303: External Sharing to Customers - Can It Be Simple?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy review a question from a listener on how can we create an seamless experience to share content to external users? The guys go into the…
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302: Internal Design - Success Requires Form & Function
A heated discussion between Mike, Seth, & Tommy as they dive into an excellent article by Christopher Laubenthal of Nightingale about the need to build data…
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301: Self Service BI as a Two Edged Sword
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into another excellent article by Matthew Roche equating Self Service to being a two edged sword. With training both sides can be…
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300: To 300, and Beyond!
300 hours and 300 episodes! Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk about where they were 3 years ago, where Business Intelligence was, and where we are heading in the next 3…
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299: Why AI Isn't Going To Solve Going To Solve Your Data Culture Problems
Based on another incredible article by Brent Dykes, we have seen an incredible uptick in organizations stating their confidence in Data Culture. Yet what is…
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298: TMDL & The Future of Development
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the developments and updates to TMDL in Power BI project development and what it means to Power BI Pro's. Get in touch: Send in…
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297: Implementation Tuesdays Part 10 - Deploy, Validate, & Closing Thoughts
Mike, Seth, & Tommy finally wrap up their Implementation Tuesdays with closing thoughts and what it means of Migration end to end means…
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296: Mailbag Rebuttal! Data Analysts vs. Data Visualization
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a mailbag comment on our previous episode of 294 and if we can really provide to an organization insights with Data. Get in touch…
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295 : Implementation Tuesday Part 9 - Pl Deployment, Proofing, and Validation
Mike, Seth, & Tommy begin the final section of the Power BI Implementation series and their solution is now being rolled out door. What are the steps to take…
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294: Data Viz vs. Data Analytics
When we think of Data Visualization, we think of Data Analysis in Power BI. Is a Bar Chart Data Analytics though? What makes the jump from communicating with…
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293: Implementation Tuesdays Part 8 - Solutions Planning & Gathering Requirements
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the "final" part of Implementation Planning docs in Solution planning. We need to now gather requirements, what to do, and how…
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292: Why One Person Can't do Everything in Data
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a great article by Christopher Laubenthal, which argues the lack of data roles at organizations is the root cause for data…
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291: Implementation Tuesdays Part 7 - Tacitical Initiatives & Solutions & Revisions
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their journey on Implementation Planning around Power BI & Microsoft Fabric. Today, it is all about priority, getting the business…
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288: Requirements for Semantic Models
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss an article by Tabular Editor on how do we properly gather requirements around models…
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287: Implementation Tuesdays Part 5 - Tactical Planning Objectives
Forgot to get these out! This is part 5 of our Implementation Power BI series, as Mike, Seth, & tommy dive into objectives when it comes to tactical planning…
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290: Mailbag Mania!
Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through more mailbags from the community on process & technology, data literacy, and moving forward in data platforms. Get in touch…
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289: Implementation Tuesdays - Key Results in Tacitical Planning
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their Implementation Tuesdays as they dive into what it means to have key results and measurable success. WE UNDERSTAND EPISODES…
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286: Creativity in Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dissect a video from the amazing John Cleese (yes, the John Cleese from Monty Python) about creativity in management... How can we be more…
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285: Power BI Implementation Tuesdays - Strategic Goals
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue their deep dive into Microsoft's Implementation Guide and focus on what Goals mean, how to get them right, and getting the…
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284: Down & Dirty With the Politics of Data
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a great article by Ralph Torres on what happens when adoption goes wrong. How do we deal with control, ownership, and the…
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283: Implementation Tuesdays Part 3 - Stakeholders & Workshops
Mike, Seth, & Tommy continue to dive into Microsoft's white paper on implementing Power BI. Today, the importance of the right stakeholder - who are they and…
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282: Power BI Year in Review - 2023 Edition
Mike, Seth & Tommy break down the highlights around Power BI in 2023 (Remember when January started with Data Mart updates?) and what is going to change the…
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281: Implementation Tuesdays Part 2 - Strategic Research
Mike, Seth, & Tommy kick off the new year in a flash as we continue the Power BI Implementation series and dive in. This is part 2, which is JUST finishing the…
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280: The Future of Customer Understanding by Data Marc
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an awesome article by Data Marc about the change of how Business Intelligence & Customer Viewpoints (Dynamics, Salesforce) will…
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279: Microsoft Fabric Secret Santa
Mike, Seth, & Tommy raise the stakes on giving new Power BI gifts - what perfect (not real) gifts would be Power BI & Microsoft Fabric incredible? And now they…
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278: Semantic Link & Great Expectations
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a new article from Microsoft Fabric, Semantic Link & Semantic Models, and how it dives into data quality and data scientists(?)…
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277: Power BI Implementation Tuesdays - Strategic Planning
Starting today, we are focusing on Implementation Tuesdays, focusing on the Microsoft Documentation focused on Strategic, Tactical, and Solution Planning…
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276: The Impact of the New Power BI Explore Feature
Mike, Seth, & Tommy figure out the what new impact on business users the Power BI Explore feature can have on adoption, feature enablement, and trusting data…