Johannesburg Power BI User Group Meeting
Please join us at 17h00 on the 23rd of March for our next Power BI User Group event. This event is more “intermediate” in nature, and the programme is as follows: Deployment Pipelines in the PBI Service - Anil Lackhoo & Christiaan Koch Datamarts in the PBI Service - Group Session (attendees are encouraged to share their thoughts about Datamarts in this interactive, collaborative session) Note: for odd-numbered months, such as January and March, the event will be hybrid, meaning in-person and online. For more information, and to RSVP, please use this Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/biug-sa/events/291981477/
HampshirePowerBIUserGroup - 14th June - Power BI Pipelines, Dataflows
This is the meetup for the VIRTUAL event. << link provided shortly before the event >> Registration will open two weeks before the event VIRTUAL - SotonDataCloud - 14th June - Power BI Pipelines, Dataflows, Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup Wednesday, May 31, 2023 6:00 PM Agenda (UK time) 18:00: Welcome and Intros 18:00: Odeta Jankaitienė - From Development to Production: The Benefits of Power BI Deployment Pipelines 18:30: Marthe Moengen - Power BI Dataflows - why should you care? 19:30: Rosie Djurovic - Powering Up Dataverse and Power BI with Azure Functions 20:00: Finish Session details: 1. Odeta Jankaitienė - From Development to Production: The Benefits of Power BI Deployment Pipelines In this session, Odeta will present the creation and usage of Power BI deployment pipelines for the seamless transition of Power BI solutions from development to production environments. Attendees will learn how deployment pipelines help to streamline and automate the deployment process, reduce errors, and improve collaboration between developers and end users. Odeta will also provide real-world examples of how organizations have leveraged Power BI deployment pipelines to accelerate business intelligence initiatives, increase agility, and improve overall operational efficiency. By the end of the presentation, attendees will have a comprehensive understanding of the benefits of Power BI deployment pipelines and how to implement them within their organizations. 2. Marthe Moengen - Power BI Dataflows - why should you care? Power BI Service is providing new solutions and ways to solve challenges. One of those features is Power BI Dataflows. So what is that, and why should you care? In this session, we will take a look at the Power BI Service-specific feature dataflows, and dig into how dataflows can improve the performance of how you consume, create and share business insights. What is the difference between dataflows and Power Query, how can you use dataflows to enable non-technical report developers and are there any AI features you can take advantage of? 3. Rosie Djurovic - Powering Up Dataverse and Power BI with Azure Functions Azure Functions give you the power to extend the capabilities of Dataverse and Power BI using code (you choose the language!) In this session I'll talk about how and why I use Azure Functions to run Python in the cloud. I'll demo - How to setup your Azure Function - Retrieve data from Dataverse - Trigger Power BI refresh This session will be ideal for beginners who have never used Azure Functions or experienced users who are interested in learning about other use cases. About Odeta Jankaitienė I have been working as a data analyst for 10 years and teaching others how to use SQL, Power BI, and R. I am passionate about data and sharing my knowledge with others. About Marthe Moengen 26-year-old digitalization geek from Oslo enjoying the sweet spot between analyst and developer. About Rosie Djurovic I am a BI Developer with experience of developing solutions using the Microsoft Power Platform, Power BI, Python and SQL. I am hugely grateful to the Data and BI community and hope that by sharing my experiences I can help others who are on similar journeys.#MSFABRICBRISTOL - Mar 25 - Power Platform with Fabric & Deployment Methods
When: Thursday 20th March 2025 Time: arrive for 5:45pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt. Location: BJSS, 90 Victoria St, Redcliffe, BS1 6DP Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts BJSS Social drinks afterwards will be at Ye Shakespeare (50m away) for those interested. This #MSFABRICBRISTOL will feature Claire Edgson and Ashley Warren Session 1 - Fabric: Why should Power Platform care? - Claire Edgson Join us for an, demo laden session, designed for those eager to deepen their understanding of impact of Microsoft Fabric on the Microsoft Power Platform. This session is tailored for Developers and Architects who are ready to dive into the "power" of Fabric teamed with Dataverse. We will explore the core components of how Power platform can use Fabric, and best practices of building analytics around Dataverse. We will review the architecture behind it and how that impacts Power platform and Power Bi development. Key Topics: What is Dataverse. - Architecture and integrations Explore how Microsoft Fabric integrates with the Power Platform to streamline workflows and enhance data accessibility. Dive into Data Exports to Fabric with a live demo, understand what the "Link" means. Discuss Power BI options for data modeling from Dataverse. Using Fabric in Power apps and automations: Look at options including Virtual tables to read data in the Apps and automations with a live demo. Recap the key benefits of combining Fabric and Power Platform: Discuss the Limitations and best practices , as well as how Fabric can help Data management and reduce costs Takeaways: Better understanding of what Dataverse is and how it works with Fabric components. the risks, mitigations and benefits of combining with power platform in your solutions About Claire Claire is a Microsoft Fast Track Recognized Architect with 30+ years of experience in data, infrastructure, and integration. Specialising in Power Platform and governance, she helps organisations navigate transformation with a focus on security and efficiency. Session 2 - PowerBI deployment methods: For when just hitting publish isn't good enough - Ashley Warren PowerBI has a number of options built in for deploying semantic models and reports. When you're just starting out, you probably just hit publish in PowerBI Desktop but is that really the best way to get your content into production? This session will explore more mature & scalable options for deploying PowerBI content. About Ashley Ashley currently works as a Senior Analytics Consultant for Advancing Analytics and is a co-organiser of Fabric & PowerBI - Bristol. During Ashley’s career, he’s managed data teams through re-platforming, led report development teams and designed training on analytics best practice. He’s driven by a passion for PowerBI and delivering insightful reporting, that creates business value, into the hands of end users.
Support multiple deployment pipelines across workspaces
We are super happy with the ability to use deployment pipelines to control deployments of our Power BI reports and data sets. However - it is a hassle for us that a workspace can only be used within one pipeline. We love the pipelines since it reduces manual errors when deploying, but since a pipeline is hooked up to a workspace - and has access to everything in it - it introduces another risk of manual failure when you need to select the few items to deploy in a workspace. We request the following: Allow a workspace to be used by multiple pipelines Enable us to select which artifacts (reports, data sets etc) to include in a pipeline This will allow us to create a pipeline, add the relevant artifacts to it and give the right people access to the pipeline. Thos people will then only be able to deploy the pre-selected artifacts that they are allowed to touch. /Jesper 😊
