My 50 Most Recent Power BI Articles
- Five Ways Power BI Is Now Better Than Tableau! (6/19/2018) - In this article, I describe the motivation behind my previous article. The clickbait method was used to entice people to read the article. In this article, I describe where I got the idea to do this.
- My Fifty Most Recent #PowerBI Articles (2/24/2018) - This article will always have my 50 most recent Power BI articles. It uses a Wordpress technique known as shortcodes to produce a list of articles. I have been wanting a capability like this for a long time!
- How To Do Trend Modeling In #Alteryx (7/28/2017) - This is the second of a three part series showing how Tableau, Alteryx and Power BI can be used to perform trend modeling of data. In this article, Alteryx is used to perform the work.
- How To Do Trend Modeling In #Tableau (7/20/2017) - This is the first of a three part series showing how Tableau, Alteryx and Power BI can be used to perform trend modeling of data. After these three demonstrations are complete, a competition using worldwide data will be completed to see which software platform performs the best on completing this type of work.
- Test 6 of Tableau Vs Power BI: The Shapefile Showdown (3/16/2017) - This is test 6 of a series that compares Tableau to Power BI. The purpose of this test is to compare and contrast each program's ability to read and work with shapefiles.
- Tableau vs Power BI – Summary to Date (2/20/2017) - This is a summary article that contains links to the Tableau vs Power BI series I have been working on. I also include some impressions about using the software tools in real-world situations.
- Test 5 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Pure Computational Speed (2/2/2017) - This is test 5 of a series that compares Tableau to Power BI. The purpose of this test is to see which program has a faster computational engine.
- Test 4 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Speed (11/15/2016) - This is test 4 of a series that compares Tableau to Power BI. The purpose of this test is to see which program could read a file fastest and allow the generation of a simple time series graphic.
- Test 3 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Charting Basic Time Series Data (11/4/2016) - In part 3 of this series, I compare the ability of Power BI and Tableau to produce dual-axis time series charts. I never know what is going to happen when I do these tests. I create them and then let the chips fall as they may.
- Test 2 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Visualizing Surface Water Flow (10/25/2016) - This is test #2 of Tableau vs Power BI using real-world data. The goal in this test was to see how each package could visualize flowing water as it moves across the 3D topographic surface of the Livingstone District.
- Test 1 of Tableau Vs Power BI: Topographic Mapping (10/11/2016) - This is test #1 of Tableau vs Power BI using real-world data. The goal in this test was to see how each package could visualize high-resolution topographic data.
- Impressions From Our First Month Of Using #PowerBI (10/6/2016) - After a bit of cooperation between friends, I decided to continue the Power BI analysis. We want to document how Power BI stacks-up against the Alteryx + Tableau combination that is so successful at producing great data comprehension and visualizations. This series should be interesting over the next few months as we try to document what it is like to learn Power BI when you are a Power Alteryx and Tableau users.
- How Microsoft Could Put Real Power Into Power BI (9/29/2016) - I have a dream that could be brought to fruition by Microsoft. If you want to know what it is, read the article.
- Impressions From My First Day Of Using #PowerBI (9/8/2016) - Life is a funny thing. One day you are up, the next day you are down. The only question remaining is this: Will Power BI be able to recover from today's disaster enough to change my opinion of its value?
- Impressions From My First 5 Minutes Of Using #PowerBI (9/6/2016) - Power BI. It even sounds bad to the bone. Over the next couple of days, I'm going to write about Power BI as I learn to use it. I have an open mind, 30 years of Excel experience, and a diverse analytics background. Let the games begin.