Part of a series of Power BI Tips & Tricks — I started using Microsoft’s Power BI about two years ago. Along the way, I have picked up some tips and tricks for doing things more efficiently. This series is meant to be beginner-friendly so please let me know if something isn’t making sense to you. …

It doesn’t have to be hard or intimidating. — It’s all about who you know. We hear so much about the importance of networking. And in the virtual reality that we currently exist in, it is even more important. You will not have the casual run-ins that you might otherwise have at happy hours, work functions, job fairs, etc…

And how you can too: a real-world example. — Learning R is a real pain in the keister — the learning curve is steep and it can be overwhelming. What keeps me coming back to this humbling journey is the capability to only have to do the work for something once and then repeat it as many times as…

Maybe — but not the way it often is today. — Someone in my circle is taking a Statistics in R course as a REQUIRED part of their master’s degree. After hearing them and their cohort complain for weeks that they weren’t learning anything, I tuned in. I was appalled. To be clear, I am an intermediate R user at BEST…

A quick and easy project to practice data visualization using ggplot in R while finding out the popularity of names in the United States. — I have dabbled in R for several years but have only recently started to gain traction. When trying to learn R, I kept following the same pattern: see an impressive utilization, get the renewed energy to learn, get overwhelmed. Because it can do so much, R is a fantastic tool…

Free resources for learning DAX, Power Query, data modeling, and more! — When getting started with a new tool, it can be hard to know where to start. Here is a collection of free resources to get started on your Power BI journey: 1. Dax and Power Query/M 2. Data Modeling 3. Ongoing Learning 4. Community and Practice Let’s get started! DAX and Power Query/M When…

Finally, a weekly challenge for Power BI Users. Here is a step-by-step guide for how I did the first weekly challenge. Beginners welcome! — Finally, a weekly community challenge for Power BI Users. Here is a step-by-step guide for how I did the first challenge. Beginners welcome! As a Power BI user, I always felt a little left out when looking at the fun data viz challenges happening over in the Tableau Community (e.g…

From a Power BI user — Reactions to using Tableau for the first time; from a Power BI user. When getting started in data visualization, one of the first major decisions you need to make is what Business Intelligence (BI) tool you want to learn (or at least, learn first). …

Enough to make you dangerous. Dangerously cool. — When starting out in Power BI, I struggled to understand the difference between M and DAX and measures vs. calculated columns (if you are in the same boat, this overview might help). TL;DR: Power Query is what you use in Power BI to load in your dataset and clean and…