Unlocking Power BI's Full Potential for Business Users

Discover how to get the most out of your Power BI dashboards in this session tailored for business professionals who don't build reports but want to make the most of them. We'll share practical tips and strategies to enhance your experience as an end user.

We will explore a variety of topics, including:

🟢 How to use tooltips for deeper insights
🟢 Ways to interact with reports for better data exploration
🟢 Different filtering options and how to use them effectively
🟢 The difference between drill down and drill through features
🟢 How to sort tables and visuals for clearer data presentation
🟢 Creating bookmarks to quickly access your favorite views

Whether you're new to Power BI or looking to sharpen your skills, this session offers practical knowledge you can use right away.

It's perfect for those in a viewer role and developers interested in understanding user experience challenges. Join us to fully unlock the potential of your Power BI dashboards!

Consistent Power BI reports with templates and themes

Do you find yourself spending a significant amount of time preparing your Power BI report canvas and defining your visual characteristics, repeatedly? Struggling to maintain consistency throughout?

Working neatly, clutter-free, and consistently is important, but it can also give you a lot of headaches.

Did you know it is relatively easy to extract your theme from Power BI and manipulate it to eliminate rework?

Combined with a standard background template, this will save you a lot of time and make consistency much easier.

In this session, we will first take a look at dashboard design best practices and explore the standard functionalities of Power BI. Next, we will briefly examine how to prepare background templates in Figma. Finally, I will guide you through everything you need to know about JSON design themes.

We will cover:

- How to set up a Power BI theme checker file
- How to use the checker
- How to extract and manipulate a JSON file
- How to quickly start a new project.

Furthermore, I will provide a set of background templates, my theme checker, and some JSON files to assist you in implementing what you've learned.

10 tips to build an end-user friendly dashboard

In this session, I will give you 10 tips to build a dashboard "they won't ignore".

Even if you have built such a beautiful dashboard, if your users ignore it, or if the users don’t know what hidden functionalities it contains, it won’t be a success.

During end-user workshops, I‘ve seen huge differences in the speed of adaptation. One clicks around as if he built it himself while the other needs to be taken by the hand and a manual for later.

It is very important to build your dashboard in a structured and predictable way, clutter-free, so the user experience is positive.

In this interactive session, we look at the various options that you have, as a dashboard builder, to make the use of the dashboard easier for all end-users.

This session is intended for dashboard builders and is suitable for all skill levels.

Think about,

✔ The critical importance of alignment in design

✔ How to maintain consistency in color and fonts for a polished look

✔ Effective use of blank buttons for seamless page navigation

✔ Leveraging tooltips to provide user guidance

✔ The significance of adding a homepage to enhance dashboard accessibility

Don't miss out and take your dashboard projects to the next level!

DOD, Definition of Done, when is your dashboard ready

Overview:

When are you done with your dashboard? Think of it like painting a beautiful landscape, but you don't know where to start. You get caught up in details, and before you know it, it feels like there's no end in sight. The same feeling can occur when creating Power BI dashboards – it can become an endless journey if you don't know where you're heading.

The key point today is that before you start a dashboard, you must be clear about what you should and shouldn't deliver. It all begins with a clear vision and strategy. I'll take you through a simple yet powerful checklist divided into six steps of the dashboard creation process. During this session, you'll learn how to use the checklist to determine what's essential for your specific project and what isn't.

These 6 essential steps are:

1. Load and edit data.
2. Modeling data.
3. Create measures in DAX.
4. Visualize data.
5. Optimize performance.
6. Communicate.

This checklist is a flexible tool that you can implement in your project team. It ensures that everyone on the team speaks the same language, shares the same goals, and builds a dashboard in the same way. This promotes the efficiency and effectiveness of your entire team and ensures you don't get lost in the maze of data and visualizations.
This session is intended for dashboard builders and is suitable for all skill levels. Don't miss it and make sure to take your dashboard projects to the next level!

What to Expect:
Expect an interactive session that will help you enhance your Power BI skills for dashboard development and achieve more focus and success in your projects. We will work together with a paper checklist, providing practical insights and tools that can be applied directly to your work.

Who Should Attend:
Data analysts and Power BI developers: They will receive practical tips and a checklist to help them build structured and efficient dashboards. This will assist them in creating more streamlined and effective dashboards.

Explore vs explain, when do you build which dashboard and how?

Session Overview:
When it comes to creating impactful data dashboards, design choices matter. In this engaging session, we'll dive into the world of dashboard design and explore the key decision of whether to craft an exploratory or explanatory dashboard.
You'll gain a deep understanding of the differences, their respective advantages, and how to effectively set them up. Whether you're new to data visualization or a seasoned pro, this session will provide valuable insights into creating dashboards that deliver results.

What to Expect:
◻ Dashboard Basics: Learn the fundamental concepts of dashboard design, and discover the power of exploratory and explanatory dashboards.
◻ Advantages Unveiled: Understand the strengths and weaknesses of each dashboard type, and when to use them for data analysis and presentation.
◻ Practical Design Tips: Gain hands-on knowledge as we delve into the principles of effective dashboard design, including consistency, clarity, and layout.
◻ Enhance Your Skills: Improve your data visualization skills and become more proficient at designing dashboards that communicate your data effectively.
◻ Interactive Q&A: Engage in a lively Q&A session and participate in discussions to address your specific questions and explore best practices in dashboard design.

Who Should Attend:
◻ Data analysts, scientists, and professionals seeking to improve their data visualization and dashboard design skills.
◻ Business intelligence and data reporting professionals looking to create more impactful dashboards.
◻ Anyone interested in understanding the critical choices involved in dashboard design and how to make informed decisions

Join us for this illuminating session and unlock the potential of data dashboards in your work. Whether you're a data enthusiast or a data professional, this is a valuable opportunity to refine your dashboard design skills and take your data presentations to the next level.

This was my first public session at the Dutch Power BI user group.

I love this session and improved it for SQLBits in March 2024 where I go to present this 50-minute version.

Optimize Your Power BI User Experience with These 5 Tips

In just 20 minutes, I'll guide you through 5 powerful tips to transform your dashboard into a user-friendly masterpiece.

Discover the reasons behind each tip, learn how to implement them effortlessly, and find out exactly where to locate these game-changing functions within Power BI.

Uncover those "why didn't I know that" insights that can truly make a significant difference!

First submission to Experts Live Netherlands 2024

In this session, I give you my 5 top learnings from judging over 60 multipage Challenge dashboards and working on a customer implementation project