SPEAKER
Jordan Goldmeier
Jordan Goldmeier is an award-winning author in analytics, data science, and data visualization, and 11-time Microsoft MVP Award winner. Jordan has served analytics solutions for global organizations like NATO, The World Bank, and Habitat for Humanity, and Fortune 500 companies like Principal Financial and H&M. He has taught as an instructor for Wake Forest University, and served as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in New York City during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Power BI was created by combining the best features from Microsoft Excel, Access, SQL and other related technologies. Moreover, Power BI fills in the capability gaps that exist across these technologies, streamlining the process from data to insights.
In this session, we’ll transition from what you know about these technologies and show you how Power BI solves the same problems more efficiently. To give you a true understanding of what Power BI can do, we’ll use Power Query to query data, Power BI’s data model to connect datasets, and Power BI’s report view to create compelling dashboards and data visualizations.
‣ How you can start using Power BI right away to build reports from data in your workplace
‣ How Power BI can save you enormous time and effort
‣ How important is data visualization in storytelling –and how Power BI can help you tell the right story
‣ How to easily connect multiple data sources into a relational data model
‣ How to identify where and how Power BI can be best used in your organization to solve pressing data issues
‣ How to create multiple reports in Power BI
How you can start using Power BI right away to build reports from data in your workplace