The 1 Thing The Pandemic Taught Us About Business Planning and Forecasting
It goes without saying that the pandemic shook the business world. With shelter-in-place orders around the globe, virtual meetings instead of physical visits, and shifting relationships between organizations and their partners, the old way of doing business is gone. But through that event, a fundamental truth has been revealed. Post-pandemic, it has become perhaps the most important aspect for a business to succeed and even thrive in the face of the
Read MoreThe Most Magical Time of 2021
May 4th 2021 will be on of most exciting days for people interested in BI, Analytics, Cloud, Azure, Planning, AI, and Forecasting. If you have not already signed up, you should: In 2020, Microsoft launched game changing visions of Composite Models, and delivered on it. Later in the year they built further on this and introduced Premium Per User. Hardly any product team inside Microsoft
Read MoreMicrosoft ahead in Gartner Magic Quadrant
Is Microsoft even further ahead than given credit for in 2021 BI Magic Quadrant? Intro The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a valuable and much anticipated read whether you are a professional developing a Business Intelligence solution or an end-user. Especially if you are in the Microsoft Power BI and Azure camp. For 13 years running Gartner presented Microsoft Power BI as a leader; most recently
Read MoreCollaborative Analytical Planning (CAP) – The Purposeful Business!
Corporate Innovation – The Future Every so often, corporations face waves of innovation that is difficult and costly to handle. History has shown that corporations who innovate without delay, or companies without anything holding them back like startups, are the ones that navigate these obstacles the best. Just ask Kodak, Blockbuster, Motorola and Nokia how well innovation fared with them? The automotive industry is
Read MoreModifying GANTT Charts inside Power BI
Power BI continues to Shock and Awe us all, month after month. In the December release of Power BI Desktop, I saw the GANTT chart and we had a use case to update task dates and descriptions on project plans for a client. Background After coming to America 3 years ago and learning DAX through Power Pivot Pro’s excellent intro to Tabular models, I met
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