Data Analytics and Distribution with Power BI

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Data Analytics and Distribution with Power BI

Training on the Ts

Ginger Grant

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What’s so Different about Power BI?

Power BI

• Mobile Platform Access

• Predictive Analytics with Forecasting

• Designer Dashboard Creator

Excel

Power QueryPower ViewPower PivotPower Map*

*Version of Power Map is limited to Preview Edition


About me

Ginger Grant

@DesertIsleSql

www.DesertIsleSql.comwww.DesertIsleSql.comwww.DesertIsleSql.comwww.DesertIsleSql.com


Cloud Features of Power BI

• Web landing

• There’s an App for looking at Power BI

• Data Refresh capabilities for Power Query web sources


Demo Power BI Distribution

Landing

Mobile App store - http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-

us/app/microsoft-power-bi/b7e7c94d-2ea3-4fa6-a277-9d19a1f697ba


Predictive Analytics

• Selecting Predictors important in the decision making process

• Ranking the predictors

• Combining all of the predictors into a model


Selecting the Right Model

• Reduction Principal applies to all sets of data

• Occam Razor - “When When When When you have two competing theories that you have two competing theories that you have two competing theories that you have two competing theories that

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Model Validation

• “Past performance is no

guarantee of future results.”

• Identify repeating patterns


Forecasting and Hindcasting

• Identify and use repeatable patterns over time

• Artillery Practice method of Targeting results


Past Performance Pictureshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/powerbi/archive/2014/12/10/power-bi-service-announcement-power-view-forecasting-offline-for-maintenance.aspx


Forecasting Dashboard


Zooming in on your Forecast

Includes known seasonality features

Provides the ability to apply deviations to past data


Improve your forecasting

• What If analysis lets you add in variability

• Ability to determine the impact of known and un-calculable impacts

• Does not change the underlying data points


Everyone uses Excel. Why Stop?

� Versions

� Hardware, specifically Memory

� Security


Power BI Designer

• Public Preview released December 18, 2014

• Only available here in the US

• Data sources can be on site or in the cloud


Demo Power BI Designer


SummaryCloud Features

� Mobile distribution

� Predictive Analytics with Forecasting

Future Direction

� New features released in Power BI not in Excel

� Separating functionality from Excel with Power BI Designer

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