Interview with Wendy Rinaldi at McGraw-Hill In anticipation of the upcoming release of one of our newest books, Data Analysis with Microsoft Power BI, currently being written by our very own, Brian Larson, we decided to reach out to McGraw-Hill Editorial Director, and longtime friend of Brian, Wendy Rinaldi. This interview will give you aRead more
It’s been just over a year since we started working with FIMC and in that amount of time the data warehouse project has come a long way! Through an iterative process, we have incorporated data covering almost all aspects of operations at FIMC, growing it into a tool that can provide comprehensive views of theRead more
FIMC Explores Data Storage Solutions In our introductory post on the happenings at Foam Injection Mold Company (FIMC), we described three major technology solutions that Superior Consulting Services implemented to help them modernize and streamline their operations. One of these tech solutions is a timekeeping application that interfaces with their payroll system that was migratedRead more
As experts in analytics and application development, when Superior Consulting Services (SCS) first arrived on the scene to create technology solutions for Foam Injection Mold Company (FIMC) we were pleased with how well the extensive list of business solutions we provide aligned with their extensive list of technology needs. We would love to take someRead more
Welcome back! This is part 2 of our Dashboard In a Blog (or Two) series. If you missed part 1, click here [CD1] to catch up and then come back here to continue with part 1. Go ahead and open up Power BI and the file you saved in part 1. When it opens, you willRead more
If you’ve been watching the Power BI space for some time, I’m sure you’ve seen many offers to go to a seminar or watch a webinar to show you how easy it is to build a “Dashboard in a Day” or even a “Dashboard in an Hour” with Power BI. I’ve seen many of theseRead more
Power BI Query Editor Value and Table Columns Data stored as part of a transactional data processing system, for example a database to information on package deliveries, is often difficult to work with when it comes time to explore that data or create reports. This is because of a process called normalization. Data Normalization WhenRead more
One of the most intriguing features added in April 2017 is the Column From Examples functionality. You can use this feature to have Power BI craft a data transformation for you based examples of what you want the content of the new column to look like. Creating a Sample Model To demonstrate the Column FromRead more
I recently read a post on the Power BI blog about a new enhancement to the scheduled cache refresh process with DirectQuery. The post does a great job of explaining how to implement it, but I wanted to write about why you may want to consider this for your environment. As you have probably noticed,Read more
This blog features a walk-through of an app that was developed in Visual Studio 2015 using Xamarin and deployed to an Android mobile device. I will be getting and displaying stock information by calling a public web service and passing in a Stock Ticker. The web service is one of the first ones that cameRead more
