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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
- Explicit Measures Podcast
275: Business Alignment, Power BI, & Microsoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, Tommy see what it means to effectively communicate with the business, aligning strategy, goals, and relationships, and structuring BI around…
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274: Real Time Analytics in Power BI & Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into how important Real Time Analytics and what is going in Microsoft Fabric. Link…
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272: Change Management in Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive back into the Adoption Roadmap and focus on change management. How does this work from a small, medium, and enterprise scale? What are…
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273: New M Functions for Microsoft Fabric
Hot off the press, Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an incredible new function for Power Query (M). The ability to read and process Delta Lake Tables. What…
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271: Microsoft Fabric &.... Tableau?
Taking a different take based on another great article by Kurt Buhler, the guys dive into the integration of not just the ability to use OneLake with Tableau…
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270: Mailbag Hot Takes (Part 2)
This Thanksgiving, we are thankful for YOU! Thank you to all of our listeners and followers who give us awesome encouragement. In honor of all of you, we are…
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269: Data Projects or Data Products?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss an article by Umesh Bhatt that challenges the norm around building our reports as projects and when does the project end? Should we…
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268: Microsoft Ignite Reactions
So - slightly HUGE announcements by the Microsoft team around Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and generally what we do on a daily basis. Mike, Seth, & Tommy react…
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267: System Oversight, Microsoft Fabric, & Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into System Oversight in the Adoption Roadmap. What it means, how much enablement, and how much protection in your tenant…
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266: Managed Self Service in Power BI - The Implications?
Managed Self Service in Power BI in Enterprise - Mike, Seth, & Tommy tackle the pressing questions around the balance of control and agility in BI, the…
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265: Mailbag Hot Takes
We had a ton of mailbags we needed to get off our chests! Quick Shots on the following: Can Data Warehouses and Reports Only Pull New Data Instead of Full…
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264: Low User Adoption Rate in Power BI & What To Do About It
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a post by Brent Dykes (Author of Effective Data Storytelling) focused on why BI works on the "set-and-forget" method and how this…
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263: The Most Underrated Microsoft Features thus Far
Yes, we know that not everyone can do everything in Fabric (yet). But one thing we do know: There are over 20 tools in Fabric, and its hard to get on top of 1)…
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262: Azure DevOps Pipelines & Git - The New World Order?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy run through the major updates to Git, the Power BI Project type format, and everything in between. Have you utilized Git workspaces yet? Or…
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261: Power BI Best Served HOT - Business Intelligence Point Of View (Part 1)
Mike, Seth, & Tommy are diving into a 2 part series based on incredibly funny video by Mike Ebbers (Video link below). The background: Mike Ebbers delivers a…
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260: How Do Microsoft Fabric Workspace Roles Change Planning?
Microsoft Fabric and Workspaces. Mike, Seth, & Tommy have dived into this quite a bit already. However, what about the role based permissions in workspaces, in…
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259: How Important Is Star-Schema in Microsoft Fabric?
Since Analytical Models the star-schema design has been the cornerstone of reporting solutions, which was just enhanced and even more in Power BI. However…
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258: Showing the Insights vs. Showing Off
Mike, Seth, & Tommy delve into the intricate world of data visualization, inspired by the thought-provoking article "Showing the Insights vs. Showing Off". As…
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257: PowerPoint & Power BI... Bridging the Gap
We have a great mailbag today! Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss the following question: I'm the chief cook and bottle washer in IT for Power BI in my subsidiary of…
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256: The Outlook of Q&A & Understanding Linguistic Schema In Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy talk about the major updates to Q&A tooling in Power BI (September update) and how close we are to the ability to organizations to latch on…
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255: Measuring Organizational BI Skills
Mike, Seth, & Tommy ask if we can create a measurement system around BI skills? Can we actually scale and measure up the quality of our work, both from…
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254: SQL in the Age of Microsoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy contemplate where does SQL databases & SQL Server fit in this new age of Microsoft Fabric. Thanks to Sam Debruyn for a great article to…
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253: MAILBAG! Will Fabric Overwhelm the Business?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an awesome mailbag question: When Microsoft added PBI desktop to O365 (Dynamic 365? Something 365) it was seen as something that…
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252: Data Strategist & Data Roles
Mike, Seth, & Tommy share their experiences and thoughts around the new concept of the "data strategist" role and the importance either at an organizational…
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251: Where Should we Use AI With BI?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into how AI has changed their workflows in both from a personal and professional level - From BI discovery and meeting notes for…
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250: How Much Data In a Fabric Lakehouse?
Now that we are all familiar with a Fabric Lakehouse.... How much data should be integrated into it? Enough for 1 Power BI Dataset? Enough for 20? Get in…
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249: Jevon's Paradox & The Demand for Insights
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into an incredible article on the threshold of data and AI. How does governance, insights, and the demand for Data when it comes…
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248: Do We Design Workspaces Differently with Fabric?
What has become a harsh truth is we need to reevaluate how we design and consider what a Workspace is when we are dealing with more than just datasets and…
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247: Working In Data Is Hard
Let's face it. What we do is not easy. But that is less to do with the technical aspect but more with how the data impacts communication. MIke, Seth, & Tommy…
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246: Knowledge, Wisdom, & Understanding
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a more "squishy" topic focused on the BI's Pro ability to have empathy, the importance of and difference between knowledge and…
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245: MAILBAG: Migrating from Laptop to Cloud
Mike, Seth, & Tommy go through a mailbag on today's episode: Thank you for providing so much helpful Power BI information. My question - - how can I migrate my…
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244: Companies are Failing to Be Data Driven
Mike, Seth, & Tommy delve into the alarming findings of NewVantage Partners' 2019 Big Data and AI Executive Survey, which revealed that companies are failing…
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243: $100 To Invest In Microsoft Fabric?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy take on owning Microsoft Fabric and breaking down their "Budget" and where would they put their hard earned cash for future developments…
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242: Thinking Outside the (Power BI) Box
Mike, Seth, & Tommy breakdown another great article by Nicola Illic (Data Mozart) on alternatives and improving on the fly DAX queries and meeting stakeholders…
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241: Solving Data Problems With Business Problems
We are Business. We are also IT and Data... But what happens when we try to solve business problems with just technical expertise? Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive…
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240: Raising Awareness to What Power BI Can Do
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the transformative power of Business Intelligence (BI) for organizations, exploring how Power BI can unveil hidden insights and…
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239: Contextualized Insights In Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into another amazing article by Brent Dykes that are at the heart of why we visualize data in the first place - If we cannot provide…
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238: The Essentiality of Tooltips in Power BI
Guess what? Tooltips still exist in Power BI. Where do they rank, and how important? Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss just that. Get in touch: Send in your…
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237: A Data Storytellers Guide To Avoid Clutter
Ever heard of chartjunk? Hopefully by the end the of this episode you will never forget it. Great article for today's podcast…
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236: Move From SQL to Fabric OneLake?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy weigh the pros and cons of transitioning from SQL databases to Fabric Lake Houses. They dive into the differences between the two data…
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235: The Root of All Problems Is Analytics
Mike, Seth, and Tommy shift their focus from Fabric and explore systematic thinking. They delve into the Theory of Constraints framework, which helps identify…
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234: The Perfect Data Analyst
What makes a great Data Analyst? We are taking a great bit of content from LinkedIn (post below) on what makes a perfect data analyst. Mike, Seth, & Tommy…
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233: Mailbag! How Much Detail in a Power BI Report?
We have a great mailbag topic today! The topic: How much level of detail should you put in your Power BI Reports? From audit information to verification, what…
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232: The Symbiotic Relationship Between Data Governance & Storytelling
We found an amazing article by Harro Wiersma (article below) on what it means for what it means for governance and storytelling to influence each other…
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231: What is a Conceptual Data Model?
On one of our favorite articles to date, the guys break down an awesome concept by Nikola Ilic on framing the business with conceptual data models. This has…
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230: Microsoft Fabric & Domain Roles - Who Owns What?
This is a part 2 of our conversation on who is going to own the data and the data engineering in Fabric - the business units or BI? Get in touch: Send in your…
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229: Domain Roles & Power BI
The guys discuss how Fabric Domains effect the people and process (episode 225 was about the technology) and what has to be adjusted for teams. Get in touch…
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228: Power BI Teams & Source Control (Git) Integration
Mike, Seth, & Tommy follow up on what Git is and how it impacts Power BI to how it will impact teams, people, and entire processes. Buckle up, as the world is…
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227: Microsoft Fabric & OneLake - Data Governance & Adoption
A very HEATED conversation today on how Microsoft Fabric & Data Governance / Data Quality will play out. Great article too…
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226: Fabric & Ensuring Separation of Capacities
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into what to expect from Fabric Capacities and usage moving forward. Resources & Links…
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225: RIP Power BI Workspaces
Move over Power BI Workspaces, make way for Fabric Domains.... Maybe? You may have heard about the new Fabric Domains feature which is a new way of grouping…
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224: Decision Guide with Fabric - Warehouse or Lakehouse
Following up on our previous episode, the second Decision Guide article by Microsoft focuses on when to choose a data warehouse or a data lakehouse…
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223: Decision Guide with Fabric - Data Ingestion
We're diving deep into the world of data processing with Microsoft Fabric and their data copy decision guide. This guide is a treasure trove of information for…
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222: Decision Guide with Fabric - Introduction
Mike, Seth, & Tommy delve into the expansive possibilities of data management with #MicrosoftFabric. Now that Power BI Dataflows Gen2 have desintations, when…
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221: OneLake & Direct Lake in Microsoft Fabric
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into the major features of Microsoft Fabric - OneLake & DirectLake. Why do these stand out and how integral are they to the entire…
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220: Git & Power BI
With all of the amazing new announcements at Microsoft Build, one that may have escaped many Power BI developers in the ability to work with Git & Power BI…
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219: Diving In With New Button Features in Power BI
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss how the recently updated Power BI Buttons and features change the way we build bookmarks and interactivity in Reports. From the…
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218: Hello Microsoft Fabric
It's all about Microsoft Fabric & Power BI at Microsoft Build. Enough said. Resources on Fabric: https://data-goblins.com/power-bi/fabric-announcements…
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217: Reusing Power Query Functions & Queries
Mike, Seth, & Tommy discuss a roadmap feature recently removed from the Power Platform Release Wave roadmap: The ability to save and curate a personal query…
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216: Do Power BI Pro's Need to Know Python?
Mike, Seth, & Tommy dive into a potential new skill for all Power BI Pro's... Do we need to know the Python language as Data Analysts? With the introduction of…