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24sep - 25sep 249:00 amsep 25Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star - Module 2: Power BI for Data Wrangler/Transformer (Data Transformation) – 2 days course - Auckland

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Course Title: Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star

Length:

From 1 to 9 days (Lecture + Labs): depends on the modules you enrol.

Delivery method:

In-Person or Online: Check the schedule of upcoming courses.

Type of training:

Public or private (contact us for more details)

The course is scheduled for Auckland’s time zone from 9:00 Am to 4:30 PM each day.

You can join this course online if you are in other countries and cities. We use the reliable channel of GoToMeeting (which is like Skype) for the course. You will be online at the same time as other students and instructor. We will have full-screen sharing, video and audio experience through GoToMeeting. You would be able to ask any questions you have and get responses directly from the instructor, and even share your screen to ask a question from the instructor in case needed.

The well-known worldwide training in Power BI field, and the most comprehensive Power BI training on the planet from one to nine days of training delivered by the well-known experts and MVPs, authors of books, and speakers of many conferences themselves. In this training course, you will learn Power BI from beginner to advance. You will learn how to use Power BI for simple data analysis situations as well as complex business intelligence scenarios. You will learn about Power BI Components such as Power Query (Get Data and Transform), Modelling and DAX, Visualization, Power BI Desktop as the main tool, Power BI Service, Gateway configuration, and architecture. You will learn all the concepts with live demos. Expect learning best practices with great scenarios in this course. This course is designed in separate modules based on the type of audience. If you are a data analyst, data wrangler, data modeler, or data architect, or even a data scientist, this course has many things to teach you all.

This course is delivered to thousands of people all around the world, check out only a few of the recommendations at the bottom of this page, and check some of our clients.

Instructor: Reza Rad

Our trainer is the world well-known name in the Microsoft BI field. Reza Rad is Microsoft Regional Director, a speaker in world’s best and biggest Microsoft Data Platform, BI and Power BI conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Business Applications Summit, Microsoft Data Insight Summit, PASS Summits, PASS Rallys, SQLBits, TechEds, and so on. He is the author of books on this topic, and he has more than 15 years’ experience in the Microsoft BI technologies. Reza is the founder of RADACAD and a consultant for more than decades. He is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer for years. He is Microsoft Data Platform MVP (Most Valuable Professional) focused on BI and Data Analysis; Microsoft has awarded him MVP because of his dedication and expertise in Microsoft BI technologies from 2011 till now (more than eight years). He is the author of Power BI book from Rookie to Rock Star.

Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star

This is the most comprehensive course for Power BI on the planet which split in modules. You can enroll in any of these modules separately or take the whole course. Modules designed independently, which means each module can be taken regardless of the order of modules. Here are a list and detailed agenda of each module:

Module 1: Power BI for Data Analysts (2 days)
Module 2: Power BI for Data Wrangler and Transformer (2 days)
Module 3: Power BI for Data Modeler (2 days)
Module 4: Power BI for Architects (1 day)
Module 5: Power BI for Data Scientists (2 days)

Module 2: Power BI for Data Wrangler/Transformer (Data Transformation) – 2 days course

This training is designed for data wrangler, data developer or data transformer, who have the raw data coming from one or more data sources and want to make it ready for further modeling and analytics. In this training, you will learn detailed data transformation practices of Power BI using Power Query.

In this course, you will learn all things about Power Query, from zero to hero. You will learn Power Query from basic level with Getting data from different data sources. You will learn about different types of transformations available in Query Editor. Table transformations such as Pivot and Unpivot will be discussed, as well as specific column transformations such as date column transformations. You will also learn about M (Power Query Formula Language) in deep. Unique features such as error handling, generators, structured columns, custom functions and many other advanced level features of Power BI data transformations will be explored through hands-on labs and lecture.

After this course, you will be able to implement any types of data transformation through Power Query in Excel or Power BI. You will be able to work through your raw data and make it ready for modeling and analytics.

The training includes but not limited to topics below:

2.1: Get Data

In this section, you will learn about Power Query basics which starts with Getting data. You will learn that Power Query is the data transformation tool in Power BI. You will learn different parts of the Query Editor through an example of using Power Query to transform a dataset.

Introduction to Power Query
Query Editor
Get Data from Web
Basic Transformations
Get Data from Excel
Use First Row As Headers / Use Headers as First Row
Get Data from SQL Server

2.2: Data Types and Data Structures

Before going any further in learning Power Query, you need to understand about data structures and data types. There are three main data structures in Power Query; table, record, and list. You will learn about these types through an example of getting data from a JSON structure. You will also learn about data types and their differences.

Base data structures in Power Query
Get Data from JSON
Transforming Table, Record, and List
Data Types in Power Query
Query Operations
Enable Load; Performance Boost
Query Operations; Duplicate, and Reference

2.3: Combine Queries

One of the most common data transformations is combining datasets. Depends on the types of datasets and the way that they are related to each other, you may want to merge or append them. In this section, you will learn why you need to combine data at first, and then you will learn about scenarios that you combine data in Power Query.

Dimensional Modelling; Designing the data model
Append, creating a single big query of the same structure
Merge; Joining queries when the structure is different
Join types in Merge
Tips to consider after Merge or Append

2.4: Better Power Query Editor Experience

To get the best experience with Power Query Editor, you need to consider organizing your queries and steps in the right way. In this section, you will learn about actions you can do on steps, such as moving them up or down, splitting steps in a query, etc. You will also learn about organizing your queries in groups (folders).

Groups; Folders in Query Editor
Steps Operations
Splitting query steps
Moving steps up or down
Add as new query / Drill Down
Be Careful of Actions; Undo!

2.5: Reducing Number of Rows; Filtering

Filtering rows in Power Query is an important transformation especially when the dataset is big, or when the data needs to be cleaned. There are different ways of doing filtering in Power Query. You will learn about ways to remove some rows from the top or bottom of the table, and ways that you can filter a data table based on criteria. You will learn about basic filtering and the difference of that with the advanced filtering, and potential challenges that you may have through this process.

Row Operations; Removing rows
Row Operations; Keeping rows
Remove/Keep Errors
Remove/Keep Duplicates
Using Remove/Keep combination for troubleshooting report
Filtering based on Individual values
The dilemma of the basic filtering
Advanced Filtering
Sorting

2.6: Column Operations

A data table in Power Query can get big if you don’t care about columns. In this section, you will learn actions that you can do on columns, and what are best practices to make sure you have the best performance in your Power BI model considering columns in your tables. You will also learn about some generic column operations and transformations.

Column Operations
Choosing Columns
Removing Columns
Data Type Change
Locale consideration for the data type
Replace Values
Fill Down/Up; Very Useful for Excel

2.7: Table Transformations

Some of the most important table transformations will be explained in this section. You will learn about a way to change the granularity of a table; Grouping. You will also learn scenarios that grouping data can be more than a simple transformation. You will learn about transformations such as Transpose, Pivot and Unpivot, and the difference of all these items with scenarios of using it on real-world datasets.

Group By; Changing the granularity of the data table
Group by Advanced
Scripting and Group by; First and Last item in each group
Transpose; rows to columns and reverse
Pivot; changing the name-value structure to columns
Unpivot; changing the budget column structure to rows

2.8: Text Transformations

When you work with text values, there are many transformations you can apply. Transformations such as a split column, removing part of a text, or adding a prefix or postfix to it, concatenating some columns together, etc.

Split Column by Delimiter
Split Column by number of Characters
Split into rows instead of columns
Merge (Concatenate)
Format
The difference between Clean and Trim
Parse (XML or JSON)
Extract part of the text

2.9: Numeric Transformations

You will learn in this section how to do numeric transformations. We will talk about standard transformations such as divide and integer-divide. You will also learn about transformations such as rounding, statistics transformations, and even some scientific transformations and use cases for those items.

Standard transformations; Divide, Integer-divide, Multiply, Add etc.
Scientific transformations; logarithm, power square, etc.
Statistics transformations;
Rounding
Information functions; Is Even, Is Odd, and Sign.
Dealing with faults in Numeric calculations

2.10: Date and Time Transformations

There are many transformations applicable to date and time columns. You may want to fetch year part of a date or get the fiscal calculation of a date. You may want to calculate age based on the birthday or calculate the difference between two dates. You will learn all these items in this section, you will also learn about time zone consideration when working with current date and time in Power BI, and how you can resolve it in Power Query.

Date Transformations (Year, Month, Quarter, Week, etc.)
Extending Fiscal Date Column
Time Transformations (Hour, Minute, Second, etc.)
Adding Time/Date banding
Duration Transformation and Data Type
Age Calculation
Local Date or Time
Time zone consideration for Power BI

2.11: Structured Column Transformations

When you combine tables, you get a structured column as a result, which can be a table, list, or record in every value. There are several transformations you can apply on structured columns, which you will learn in this section. You will also learn what may be the potential issue with some of these transformations.

What is a Structured Column?
Expand
Aggregate
Expand and Aggregate: Performance Consideration

2.12: Add Column Transformations

There are two types of transformations in Power Query; Transforming an existing column, or adding a column based on a transformation. In this section, you will learn about these two types, their differences, and few other transformations that we have available in the add column tab of the Power Query Editor through some examples.

Add Column vs. Transform?
Add Column with a Transformation
Index Column: Row Number
Conditional Column
Add Column by Example; When you don’t know which transformation to use
Add Custom Column: Generic

2.13: Functions and Parameters; Dynamic Power Query

Power Query is a powerful tool for data transformation. This power can be amplified even more if you can make your queries dynamic. Instead of repeating several steps for similar data sources, you can create a function from those steps, and run that function for all other sources. Functions get parameters as the input. Functions and parameters can make everything in Power Query dynamic. If you want to learn Power Query advanced deep dive, this is the section to go through.

Defining Parameters
Using Parameters in an existing query
Advanced GUI for parameters
Creating Function from a query
Invoking the sample function
Add Column Transform: Invoke Custom Function
When the advanced GUI does not exist

2.14: Power Query Formula Language: M

The heart of Power Query is a scripting language named Power Query Formula Language or M. If you want to be a good data wrangler or data developer with Power Query, you must learn M scripting. The good news is that M scripting is not a hard language to learn. This section goes through the basics of the language, data types, literals, and everything is needed for understanding an M script’s structure.

What is M? and the importance of learning M
M Syntax
End of the line
Variable Names
Special Characters
Escape Character
Step by Step Coding
Literals
Function Call
Comments
A real-world example

2.15: Working with Data Structures in M

As you are dealing with data in Power Query, it is important to learn how to work with table, list, and record from the code. In this section, you will learn about these three structures in code, and how to navigate between different parts of each structure.

Primitive Value
List
Record
Table
Function
Navigating through List and List functions
Navigating through Record and Record functions
Navigating through Table and table functions
Concatenating lists and records

2.16: Advanced M Scripting

Now that you know more about M scripting, it is time to see how powerful this part of Power Query can be compared to the graphical interface of query editor. In this section, you will learn features that you have access to apply using M scripting. You will learn ways to get a list of all functions, doing error handling in an advanced way. Applying some changes in functions and parameters which is only possible through the code. You will also learn an end-to-end example using everything you learn about M at the end.

#Shared Keyword; function library of Power Query
Parameters in the code
Custom Functions through scripting
Error Handling in Power Query
Generators in Power Query: Implementing Loop Structure
EACH: singleton function
Sample Custom Function: Day Number of Year Custom Function

2.17: Performance Tips and Tricks for Power Query

Some transformations or operations needs careful attention in Power Query. In this section, you will learn about performance tips and trick for Power Query to make sure you have always a well performance tuned data transformation logic. Each sample will be discussed through the live demo in this section.

Enable Load; Simple, but Efficient
Reducing Number of Columns
Query Folding
Grouping and Aggregation; Performance Consideration
Merge; Before and After, things to Consider

2.18: Error Handling

In any data related solution, you should expect bad data rows to appear. If you haven’t thought about the appearance of bad data rows and you just did the transformations considering everything will be nice and tidy, then you may face many errors in Power Query. This section is all about how to handle errors, deal with bad data rows, create troubleshooting reports, etc.

Keep/Remove Errors; Troubleshooting report
Count Rows
Reference/Duplicate
Replace Errors
Data Type considerations

2.19: Use Cases

At the end of the training, we go through some end-to-end solutions using Power Query. These solutions leverage everything you learned through the training about this tool and language; you will see how all those parts come to help together to build the solution. We will go through building a date dimension which has all calendar columns, fiscal columns, and public holidays fetched live, and we will talk about combining files from a folder.

Date Dimension with Power Query; building the base table
Adding Fiscal columns to the Date dimension
Getting public holidays live and merging to the date dimension
Looping through files in a folder with Power Query

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Why Power BI Training?

Power BI is the newest Microsoft BI tool for data mash up, build modeling, and visualize it effectively. It supports mobile devices, it supports self-service, and along with its great functionalities, it doesn’t require heavy development or production system.

Common Myths about Power BI

There are some myths about Power BI that sometimes prevents people and organization to move towards using this product. We’ve listed some of the myths in following. Please note that these are Myths, and they are not the right assumptions.

Myth 1: Power BI is a self-service Excel tool, and isn’t suitable for Enterprise Solutions.

There are many scenarios that Power BI has been used in enterprise solutions. Power BI features for data mash up (with the very powerful data transformation component: Power Query), and data modelling based on xVelocity in-memory engine (Power Pivot), and great data visualization components such as Power View and Power Map, along with mobility support of this product, are rarely available in other products. We have designed, implemented and have seemed many BI enterprise solutions based on Power BI within very large organizations.

Myth 2: Power BI is easy to use, and doesn’t require a training course.

Power BI is an easy to use tool, but for basic functions. Every BI application requires calculated measure, which needs to be written in DAX. Every BI application requires advanced data transformations which need to be handled with Power Query M scripting language. Designing and implementing solutions with Best Practices is always a requirement for reliable BI applications. We designed our Power BI training in a way that delivers advanced content for all components of Power BI, and fortify your team’s knowledge on the product, so they can solve any complex challenge with this tool.

Myth 3: Power BI is only for Microsoft based environments and platforms.

Power Query is the core of data extraction in Power BI. Power Query supports a wide range of data sources. Not only SQL Server, but also Oracle, MySQL, web service result set, DB2 and many other data source are supported. There is also the possibility to connect to many systems such as Salesforce. The Visualization component of Power BI is also HTML5 supported and is available for all mobile devices. Power BI app in AppStore, and Google PlayStore, as well as Microsoft AppStore, enables dashboards and data visualizations to be available in all environments.

Myth 4: Power BI is not a powerful and fully functional BI tool, and cannot be compared with other tools in the market.

In fact, the reverse is true. Power BI is such powerful that can be the replacement of many other expensive BI tools in the market. We’ve been through scenarios of successful Power BI solutions that have been a replacement of Cognos, IBM products, Oracle WB, SAP BO, and so on. Power BI has 5 powerful components that cover main aspects of BI and data analysis system.

In addition, there is always the possibility to use this as a hybrid approach and save lots of time and money along with great features that are only available in this product.

In-Person Training;

Our Power BI in-person training will be held in high-quality venues with the recommendation for hotel bookings for attendees. There will be special group rating fee as well as early bird and past attendees discount. for the schedule of our in-person training follow this link:

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What others say about the training and trainer

Daniel R Tuma, Senior Systems Analyst at Cleveland Metro Schools, Ohio, USA

I spent probably about two weeks looking for a good Microsoft Power BI class that would cover all of the aspects of the program. I wanted to walk away from the class being able to apply what I learned immediately. Most training companies that I looked into were in a state of flux with Power BI mostly due to the transitions that Power BI itself was going through. Then I stumbled on the RADACAD web site. Reza Rad touted a course that he taught named “Power BI, From Rookie to Rock star.” If the class was indeed an A to Z course, then it was exactly what I was looking for. The class outline seemed to include every topic on my checkoff list plus much more. I decided to give Reza a try.
Reza completely lived up to his hype. He took us through a natural progression of the software, using example after example of how to complete a task. We went through real world scenarios, a bare minimum of two scenarios for each minor topic. I was completely impressed with his Power BI knowledge, understanding and abilities. Any question we came to Reza with was answered completely and with even more examples.
After the class, my goal of immediately applying what I learned was attained. Right away I was able to successfully pull and massage data, create useful reports and post them to dashboards.
I would recommend Radacad Power BI Training without hesitation.

Jeffrey Weir; Independent Consultant, Wellington, New Zealand

I learned a lot from this course: it gave a great overview of what’s possible both right from the UI, and what more awaits if you lift the hood and pimp the engine. It’s incredible to see just how much PowerBI and PowerQuery radically simplify what I would otherwise have to do with many, many lines of complicated VBA code. And Reza is a masterful user of this tool.

Note that Reza covers a lot of ground in this course, and it is pretty fast paced. While you can take a laptop and follow along as Reza takes PowerBI/Powerquery through its paces, for the one-day course my recommendation would be to keep that laptop closed, and simply sit back and watch Reza in action, so you can fully concentrate on just how simple this tool is to use in the right hands as well as think about how you might use the tool to your own ends and ask questions along those lines. You can always purchase the video course (if it’s not already included in your course) and step through the material again at your own pace.

Rob Wilby; Independent Consultant, UK

I must say your “Power BI Essentials” course has been the most comprehensive Power BI course I have found to date and seeing how you work with data especially the little tricks naturally introduced at just the right moments has made this course a pleasure to take.

Martin Catherall – Data Platform MVP, PASS Regional Mentor

I attended Reza’s Power BI pre-con “From Rookie to Rock star” at SQL Saturday Brisbane in May 2016. I was a complete Power BI novice, having only previously accomplished a few very basic things with Power BI. Reza took the group through all the components that make up environment. He explained how they had evolved and took the group through walk-throughs of each one. Reza was great an answering questions from the audience at the event and going into extra detail if necessary. All-in all, I would say that I’m now a very confident Power BI user after attending Reza’s pre-con.

Dan Cheshire, Senior Project Manager Air New Zealand

Reza does not just know Power BI like the back of his hand, he is the most commercially aware BI person I know. He understands that companies work in the real world and that data isn’t always clean and needs manipulation for it to work and be useful. When Reza worked on our project, nothing phased or flustered him, he always came up with solutions for problems that seemed to me as insurmountable. Can’t recommend him enough, invest in Reza as he will not only save you a whole heap of time, but he comes up with long lasting and very powerful Power BI solutions for your business.

Sonia Buckley, Data Analyst at Zoom2u, Sydney, Australia

We have started to use Microsoft Power BI and whilst Microsoft tutorials are helpful, if you are not used to DAX then it is very difficult to get your head around and there is little other resources that don’t cost an arm and a leg. I had a call with Reza who made my life so much easier in just under an hour! Any time spent speaking to Reza will be well worth it – I have saved hours of trying to get my head around our dashboards by getting some very useful tips and explanations on why things are done the DAX way! Not only that but he is very patient and straight forward. Highly recommended!

R. Kemp, Canada

The course was an excellent investment overall, it exceed my expectations. It was well paced and presented. The instructor, Reza Rad, was excellent and was able to answer all my questions and explain complex idea in a manner that was easy to understand and follow. I had been using Power BI Desktop for a number of months prior to taking this course, but wish I had attended it sooner! The course structure of 1 day of overall Power BI and followed by 4 days of more intensive instruction on the various parts of Power BI allowed for a basic understanding of the whole, and then more comprehensive learning. The live-on-line experience worked well technically and allowed for questions and problem-solving with the instructor. I learned a lot about Power BI and this course gave me a great foundation for using Power BI to clean, model, design, and share reports using a variety of visualizations that will provide business intelligence to my company. I would recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn Power BI either as a starting point or even after you have used the tool to deepen your understanding and build your skill-set.

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24 (Tuesday) 9:00 am - 25 (Wednesday) 4:30 pm GMT

Location

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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Organizer

Reza Radreza@radacad.com

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Saint Paul College 235 Marshall Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55102 United States

11oct9:00 am- 5:00 pmSQL Saturday Pre-Con: Power BI from Rookie to Rock Star - All About DATA - Minnesota, USA

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Speaker: Reza Rad

Duration: 480 minutes

Level: Intermediate

Track: BI Platform Architecture, Development & Administration

In this one day workshop, you will learn Power BI modeling and data preparation from beginner to advance. You will learn how to use Power BI for simple data analysis situations as well as complex business intelligence scenarios. You will learn about using Power Query and the formula language (M) for data preparation and transformation. You will also learn about relationships, and modeling in Power BI, and DAX which is the calculation engine for Power BI. This course is full of live demos of real-world challenges of data modeling and how to solve it using Power BI. Modules include, but not limited to: Module 1: Data preparation using Power Query Module 2: Advanced Data transformations Module 3: M: Power Query formula language Module 4: Data Modelling in Power BI, Everything you need to know about Relationships Module 5: DAX and Calculations in Power BI This is a data modeling module of the world-famous Power BI training from Rookie to Rock Star by the book author; Reza Rad.

Time

(Friday) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

Saint Paul College

235 Marshall Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55102 United States

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Saint Paul College 235 Marshall Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55102 United States

11oct9:00 am- 5:00 pmSQL Saturday Pre-Con: AI with Power Platform: The realm of Impossible - Minnesota, USA

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Speaker: Leila Etaati

Duration: 480 minutes

Level: Intermediate

Track: Analytics and Visualization

There is a huge need to use AI and ML in Power Platform to get more insight from data, create smart applications and so forth. In a one day workshop, the process of using AI and ML in Power BI desktop and Power BI Service using Cognitive services, Azure ML Studio, AutoML will be discussed. Next, AUdience will learn how to use AI and ML inside Power Apps and Microsoft Flow to access more insight from the data they have and to create smart applications. In general, new features and tools in Microsoft Machine learning in Power BI, Microsoft Power Apps, and Flow will be shown. Some parts of this workshop are hands-on.

Time

(Friday) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

Saint Paul College

235 Marshall Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55102 United States

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Orlando USA

14oct8:00 am- 5:00 pmOrlando Summit Pre-Con: AI in Power Platform, an Impossible Realm - Orlando, USA

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Attend this session to learn how to consume Pre-Built AI tools like cognitive services and Custom AI tools such as Azure ML Studio and Services, R and others in Power BI. Also, they will learn how to create smart applications using Power Apps, Flow and Cognitive Services.

There is a huge need to use AI in different applications and platforms. Likewise, doing AI and ML is also possible to be done in Power Platform (Power BI, Microsoft Flow and Power Apps). This workshop has two main modules and each module has different sections as below:

Module 1 : AI in Power BI
Using AI and ML in Power BI desktop and services is possible for both business users and developers. They can consume the cognitive service API and Azure mL Studio and Services web service in their Power BI reports and dashboards.

Cognitive service:

In this module, how we able to consume Pre-Built AI in Power BI as a business user or developer will be discussed. The audiences get familiar with cognitive service tools in general, and how to consume it in Power BI desktop as a developer or in Power BI service as a business user.

Azure ML Studio and Services:

The learner will see how to create a simple ML model in Azure ML Studio or services and then consume its web service in Power BI desktop as a developer or as a Business user in Power BI services. The audience learns how they able to consume the model that has been created by a data scientist and put in Azure ML Service and Studio and apply on their datasets.

Visualization and Embed AI in Power BI

Learners get familiar with some visuals in Power BI that provide more insight over data such as Key Influencer and Correlation chart. Also, some of the other features in Power BI that use AI such as QnA and enter by example and so forth will be shown. Also, the audience will learn how to use some simple R codes to export data from Power BI

Module 2: AI Application with Power Apps and Microsoft Flow

Microsoft Power Apps and Flow make the creating application easier. The audience can consume the cognitive service to create some more smart applications like creating OCR, creating face recognition application, image detection and so forth.

Get Familiar with Power Apps and Flow

The audience will get familiar with the main concepts of Power BI and Flow and how they are working separately or together

Create an OCR application

The audience will learn how to create an OCR application with cognitive service, Power Apps and Flow.

Call any Cognitive Service API in MS Flow

Moreover, the audience will get familiar with how to call other cognitive services API like face API or Image tag API in Microsoft Flow in general. And create an Application

Audience:

This workshop can be useful for business users who do not want to write python or R scripts for machine learning and still able to consume and get the advantage of AI in their reports and Power apps applications. Also, they are able to see some embed AI in Power BI to get more insight out of data.
It will benefit developers who want to access created models in Azure ML Studio and service and want to write simple R/Python codes to export data or doing regular expressions.
This workshop is also good for a data scientist to see how they are able to communicate with their data engineer and business users who use Power BI desktop, Power Apps and Microsoft Flow.

Instructor

Leila Etaati, MVP

Consultant
RADACAD

Time

(Monday) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

Orlando USA

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15oct8:00 am- 5:00 pmOrlando Summit Pre-Con: Definitive Power BI Architecture - Orlando, USA

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Pre-Conference Full Day Workshop

This training is designed for data architect or administrator, who is designing the architecture of leveraging Power BI in a solution. Someone who wants to understand how all components of Power BI are sitting beside each other to build the whole solution. This training is designed for understanding the strategy of using Power BI rather than the development of it.
In this training, you will learn about architecting the strategy of a Power BI solution from end to end. This is not training about development (Modules 1 to 3 already covered that). You do not need to attend previous modules to attend this course. This course is designed separately from those. However, knowing some of the basics of Power BI is helpful.

You will learn about Power BI Service, and different types of connections in Power BI and choose the right type of connection for your solution. You will also learn all different ways of sharing a Power BI Solution and the pros and cons of each. The course continues with a detailed discussion about row-level security. You will learn how gateway configuration and set up will be in the whole package. You will also learn about integrating Power BI with other tools, and some architecture blueprints to follow when you are designing a Power BI solution.

At the end of this training, you will be able to design the architecture of Power BI for your requirement; you can choose the right way of sharing and design the gateway configuration as well as the communication of Power BI with other tools and services. You will be able to answer any questions that come to your mind about a solution architecture in Power BI world and make the right decision to choose the right strategy of Power BI usage in your organization.

The training includes but is not limited to the topics below:

1: Power BI Service
Power BI service or website plays an important role in designing a Power BI solution. Power BI website is the hosting environment for Power BI reports, dashboards and datasets. In this section, you will learn about these objects and their configuration. You will also learn about the different types of connections in Power BI, and the position of the gateway in the solution, configuring and installing it.
• Power BI Components
• Power BI Service Content; Dashboard, Report, and Dataset
• Dashboard Features in the service
• What is Gateway?
• Two types of Gateway; On-premises, Personal
• Configuration and Installation of Gateway
• Import Data and Schedule Refresh
• DirectQuery Connection
• Live Connection
• Composite Model

2: Sharing
There are several ways of sharing Power BI reports and dashboards. Each of the methods has pros and cons and should be used in specific scenarios. In this section, you will learn scenarios to use each of these methods for sharing, and the sharing of architecture, and a comparison between all these methods at the end.
• Basic Dashboard or Report Sharing
• Workspaces in Power BI; Dev Environment
• Power BI Apps; User Environment
• Publish to Web
• Embed in SharePoint Online; Office 365 Integrated Sharing
• Power BI Embedded; Embedding content into another application
• Comparison of all Sharing methods

3: Security
Sharing is about giving users access to the entire content; security is about giving them access to part of it. There are different ways of implementing security (which is called row-level security in Power BI). Statics row-level security is a good option when roles are limited items. The next level is to define a dynamic row-level security using DAX functions. Dynamic row-level security comes as different patterns which will be discussed here through examples.
• Row Level Security
• Dynamic Row Level Security
• Patterns for Dynamic Row Level Security
• Manager Level Access
• Organization Chart Access as Dynamic Row Level Security
• Profiles and Users; Dynamic Row Level Security
• Dynamic Row Level Security using SQL Server Analysis Service Live Connection

4: Administration and Licensing
As a Power BI administrator, you need to have a careful eye on some of the metrics, and control some of the settings across your organization Power BI tenant. In this section, you will learn about Power BI administrator configuration options and options which are critical to controlling. You will also learn about all licensing options for Power BI and will have a clear view of what would be the best licensing option for you.
• Power BI Administrator Configuration
• Usage Metrics
• Customizing Usage Metrics
• Power BI Licensing Guide
• Power BI Premium
• Power BI Embedded Licensing

5: Integration
Power BI can integrate with other tools and services such as Reporting Services and Excel. In this section, you will learn about all integration options for Power BI. This section will also give you a full understanding of Power BI Report Server; the on-premises usage of Power BI. You will learn Power BI REST API capabilities (not at a developer level, more in architecture level), and you will learn about real-time streaming options available with Power BI.
• PowerPoint Integration with Power BI
• Power BI and Excel; More than just an Integration
• Power BI Report Server: Power BI on-premises
• SQL Server Reporting Services Integration with Power BI
• Real-time Streaming with Power BI, and Azure Stream Analytics
• Power BI REST API

6: Architecture
The last part of the training focuses on architecture blueprints for Power BI. In addition to architecture best practices for sharing, self-service, enterprise-level architecture, you will learn about a tool that can help in Power BI solution designed by RADACAD; Power BI Helper.
• Architecture for Enterprise Scale
• Architecture for Sharing
• Architecture for Self-Service
• A tool that helps: Power BI Helper

Instructor

Reza Rad, Microsoft Regional Director, MVP

Consultant, Trainer
RADACAD

Time

(Tuesday) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Microsoft Avalon 8000 Avalon Boulevard #Suite 900 Alpharetta, GA 30009 United States

18oct9:00 am- 5:00 pmAI in Power Platform Pre-Con: The Realm of the Impossible - Atlanta, USA

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Description: Using

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Description:

Using AI is a norm this day in developing applications and analyzing the data. Easy AI is not a dream anymore, that means everyone regardless of how they are familiar with AI and ML concepts can use AI in their applications and analysis.

Besides, Power Platform technologies (Power BI, Power Apps and Flow) have been used by analysts, BI developers, office 365 specialists and users and so forth for a while. In a one day workshop, audiences will learn how to leverage AI in Power Platform.

Module 1: Introduction to AI and ML

The audience will get familiar with AI and ML concepts and what architecture and opportunity they have. Some introduction to ML approaches from predictive, descriptive and prescriptive analytics will be provided. The audience also gets familiar with prebuild and Custom AI tools in Microsoft stacks such as cognitive service and Azure Ml Service.

Module 2:

Next an introduction to Power BI desktop and service especially Data flow will be provided. The audience will see different approaches to use AI and ML inside Power desktop and Power BI service. In Data flow how we able to use AutoML, and AI insight will be shown. Also, the audience will see how to consume their models that have been created in Azure ML Services using Python, AutoML interface, or Azure ML Studio inside Power bI desktop or Data flow. Also, they will get familiar with some of the interesting visuals like Key Influencer to analyze their data better.

Module 3:

In this module, the audience will learn about how to do AI in Power Apps and Microsoft Flow using AI builder for the aim of classification, regression, and forecasting. Also, they will learn how they can create an application for the aim of object detection and form processing using AI builder. Next audience will see how to consume the other cognitive service model in Microsoft Flow such as an image tag or face recognition.

About the Speaker:

Leila is First Microsoft AI MVP in New Zealand and Australia; She has a Ph.D. in Information System from the University Of Auckland. She is the Co-director and data scientist in RADACAD Company with more than 100 clients around the world. She is the co-organizer of Microsoft Business Intelligence and Power BI Use group (meetup) in Auckland with more than 1200 members; She is the co-organizer of three main conferences in Auckland: SQL Saturday Auckland (2015 till now), Difinity (2017 till now) and Global AI Bootcamp 2-18. She is a Data Scientist, BI Consultant, Trainer, and Speaker. She is a well-known International Speakers to many conferences such as Microsoft Ignite, SQL pass, Data Platform Summit, SQL Saturday, Power BI world Tour and so forth in Europe, USA, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. She has over ten years’ experience working with databases and software systems. She was involved in many large-scale projects for big-sized companies. Leila is an active Technical Microsoft AI blogger for RADACAD.

Dr. Leila Etaati

Time

(Friday) 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

Microsoft Avalon

8000 Avalon Boulevard #Suite 900 Alpharetta, GA 30009 United States

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Washington State Convention Center 705 Pike St., Seattle, WA 98101

5nov9:00 am- 5:00 amPass Summit Pre Con- AI and Power BI: The Realm of the Impossible - Seattle, USA

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AI and Power BI: The Realm of the Impossible

Speaker: Leila Etaati

Duration: Full Day

Level: 200

Stream: Analytics

Audience: Analyst, BI/Analytics Practitioner

Technology Focus: Advanced Analytics

Track: Analyze

There are tons of ways to do machine learning in Power BI. From using Pre-built AI services such as Cognitive services and custom visuals, to Custom AI tools such as writing R, Python scripts, or using Azure ML Studio (a drag and drop service). In this one-day workshop, first, an overview of what is machine learning and different approaches to machine learning (Predictive, descriptive and prescriptive analytics) and AI will be presented. The audience will learn the main process of doing machine learning by writing simple R or Python scripts to do predictive analytics in Power Query. In the next step, they will see how they able to consume some of the exciting custom visual in Power BI for the aim of machine learning without writing any lines of codes (such as decision tree, key influencer and so forth) and how to use them to add more analytics perspective to their reports. Moreover, the process of creating advanced analytics visual with the help of writing R or Python code will be explained. Next, the audience will see how to create a simple Azure Machine Learning model web service and then apply it on collected data in Power BI desktop (Power Query) for predictive analytics in Power BI desktop and data flow (Power BI Service). Next, the audience will learn how to use pre-built AI such as cognitive service inside Power BI desktop (Power Query) and Power BI service (Data Flow).

Time

(Tuesday) 9:00 am - 5:00 am GMT

Location

Washington State Convention Center

705 Pike St., Seattle, WA 98101

Organizer

Leila Etaatileila@radacad.com

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Auckland TBD Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

14nov - 15nov 149:00 amnov 15RADACAD Bootcamp: Power BI and AI – Auckland, NZ

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RADACAD Bootcamp is a 2-days course, run through our premier Power BI and AI content by Reza and Leila in-person. This event would be full of hands-on labs and designed in a way that gives you most of the training value in a short timeframe. If you haven’t used Power BI or AI technologies at all, and are a complete beginner, or on the other hand, if you are an advanced and experienced user, you will get a lot of learnings and takeaways from this course. The course is in two days modules:

Day 1: Power BI
Day 2: AI

This course is delivered to thousands of people all around the world, check out only a few of the recommendations at the bottom of this page, and check some of our clients.

Length: 1 or 2 days.

Delivery method: In-Person

Dates: 14th and 15th November 2019

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Type of training: Public

Language: English

Early Bird Pricing: $280 USD ($440NZD)

Standard Pricing: $317 USD ($499 NZD)

Please note all pricing in cart is in USD

Time

14 (Thursday) 9:00 am - 15 (Friday) 5:00 pm GMT

Location

Auckland TBD

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Organizer

Reza Radreza@radacad.com

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Cordis Hotel Auckland Auckland

17feb - 20feb 178:00 amfeb 20Difinity Conference (Microsoft Data Platform Conference) 2020 - Auckland, New Zealand

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What is Difinity?

Difinity is the largest Microsoft Data Platform, Business Intelligence, AI, and Analytics Conference in New Zealand. IT Decision Makers, Developers, Analysts, IT Professionals, Database Administrators, Architects, and Consultants will gather for three consecutive days of learning.

Details: http://difinity.co.nz

4 Days Conference

Difinity is a 4 days conference. The first day is full day workshop and the next 2 days we have 40+ sessions and the 4th day will be a post conference workshop day.

Who will Speak

We have 40+ Speakers; 10+ Microsoft speakers, 20+ Microsoft data platform MVPs, MCMs MCA from US, UK, Australia, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand.

Pre-Conference (17th Feb) and Post-Conference (20th Feb) Venue will be Cliftons Auckland and the main conference (18th and 19th Feb) will be held at the Cordis Hotel Auckland
To view where your pre-con will be held please refer to this page http://difinity.co.nz/

Full-day Pre-Conference Workshops 17th Feb 2020

Uwe Ricken – Analysis of your SQL Server like a PRO

Sergei Gundorov – Power BI for Developers

Dejan Sarka – Data Science Algorithms

Ginger Grant – Getting Started with Data Science and Databricks Stefano Tempesta Design and develop blockchain applications in Azure

Stefano Tempesta – Design and develop blockchain applications in Azure

Reza Rad – Back to Basics: Power BI Modelling for Non-Data Professionals

Post-conference Full-day Workshops Thursday 20th Feb

Matt Allington – Demystifying DAX

Ken Puls – Master your data for Excel & Power BI

Vishwas Lele – Kubernetes on Azure

Sandy Winarko and Andy Leonard – Intelligent Data Integration with SSIS and Azure Data Factory

Gilbert Quevauvilliers Power BI Premium – What is it, how does it work and how can it help my organisation

Leila Etaati – AI in Power Platform: The Realm of the impossible

2-days conference sessions on 18th and 19th Feb 2020

We have 40+ sessions on the different subject of Microsoft Database Administration, Business Intelligence, and Data science presented by experts speakers in the Microsoft data platform field. check out the detail of these sessions from Here.

More details here: http://difinity.co.nz

Details of Sessions and Speakers

Here is a glance of topics for this conference (up to date list is available in Difinity website);

Power BI
Power Apps
Microsoft Flow
AI
Cognitive Services
Azure Machine Learning
Azure Data Bricks
Deep Learning
R and Python
SQL Server Administration
SQL Server Development
Performance Tuning
DAX
Power Query
Visualization
Power BI Architecture
Power BI Service
Gateway
SQL Server Analysis Services
SSIS
SSRS
Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Catalog
Azure SQL Database
Data Warehouse
Data Science
Predictive Analytics
Data flow
…

Please note: Recording of any type at Pre-Conference Workshops and Conference sessions is not permitted under any circumstance.

Registration for Difinity is open now;

http://difinity.co.nz

FAQs

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

Yes, before starting the conference only.

Can I update my registration information?

Yes, before starting the conference only.

What is the refund policy?

Cancellation Details are listed below. Cancellation fees are calculated per ticket (pre-con and 2-days conference individually);

Cancellation: (Per Ticket)

Cancellation up to 5 weeks before the event: full refund minus administration fee ($50) and credit-card processing fees (if applicable).

Cancellation from 5 weeks to 2 weeks before the event: 50% cancellation charge, 50% refund

Cancellation from 2 weeks before the event: 100% cancellation charge, 0% refunded.

No Show:

No fee will be refunded for no show.

Change: (Precon selection)

Changing the pre-con workshop is only possible until 10 days before the event. Any changes after that are subject to $200 Transfer fee plus GST per pre-con seat.

The name on the registration/ticket doesn’t match the attendee. Is that okay?

You need to change/transfer the ticket to someone else before starting the conference. On the day of the conference, the registration/ticket’s name should match the attendee’s name.

Difinity (RADACAD) may share my information with Microsoft so they may contact me about their products and services. Microsoft Online Privacy Statement

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Time

17 (Monday) 8:00 am - 20 (Thursday) 5:00 pm

Location

Cordis Hotel Auckland

Auckland

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Common Myths about Power BI

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To view where your pre-con will be held please refer to this page http://difinity.co.nz/

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