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Elayne Jones

Elayne Jones

Solutions Architect at Coca-Cola Bottlers Sales and Services

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Elayne Jones is a Solutions Architect at Coca-Cola Bottlers Sales and Services. She specializes in data visualization and data modeling using Power BI. She has expertise in developing Power Apps and creating Power Platform solutions that drive efficiency within organizations. Elayne is skilled at querying data using the DAX and SQL languages. Elayne is an experienced Microsoft technology trainer and has authored numerous blog posts expressing her passion for Business Intelligence and Analytics.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • power bi
  • Microsoft Power platform
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Power Platform
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Microsoft Power Automate
  • Microsoft Power Apps
  • Power Automate (Flow)
  • Power Platform - Low Code
  • Power Query
  • Power Platform Governance
  • Power BI Dataflows
  • Women Empowerment
  • power bi service
  • power bi training
  • Power BI Governance
  • Power BI / Fabric
  • power bi services
  • power bi online course

Enchant Your Presentations Using Power BI

Tired of creating the same trite PowerPoint presentations you've been making for years? In this session, learn how to integrate interactive Power BI reports to bring your slides to life. Embedded reporting elevate the standards of your presentations by allowing you to design interactive content using custom visualizations and advanced filtering and drill through capabilities. Additionally, incorporating reporting enhances your arguments by proving insights with data. Any audience, from high-level executives to internal team members, will be impressed and engaged throughout your entire presentation.

Reign in the Chaos: Organizing Fabric Workspaces

Between Lakehouses, Semantic Models, Dataflows, Reports, and Paginated Reports, Fabric Workspaces can become a tangled mess. In this session, learn best practices for both organizing and documenting your Fabric Workspaces. By utilizing Fabric Folders to group related content, content creators can speed development. By leveraging the Lineage View, developers can analyze downstream impact to mitigate negative impact. Finally, learn how to empower a Center of Excellence to document and to audit item permissions.

Awesome Automation: Fabric Data Activator

Are you tired of checking reports every day to see if your data has reached a threshold? Do you wish your data could inform you when actions should be taken? Are you dissatisfied with the current limitations of Power BI alerts, like needing to create dashboards and only being able to use card visuals? If these questions hit too close to home, the Fabric Data Activator is your saving grace. In this session, learn about how the newly released Fabric Data Activator can alert you when your data reaches your desired thresholds. You will rejoice in hearing the possibilities of actions that can be triggered using Data Activator, such as Power Automate flows, sending emails, or posting Teams messages. The possibilities of automating your workflow are endless with Data Activator.

Become a Data Wizard Using Generative AI with Power BI

Wouldn't it be nice if you could open Power BI, utter a magical incantation, and automatically create beautiful reports to help you turn data into insights? Yearn no longer - join this session to learn how easily you can incorporate Generative AI capabilities in Power BI content. Through integration with Generative AI features, you can transform raw data into actionable reports in record time and with little to no user effort. Tools like Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and OpenAI allow you to enter natural language prompts and automatically generate Power BI content. Saving time in development ultimately conserves costs and allows you to focus on analyzing the data and sparking change in your organization.

Using Python in Power BI

Python and machine learning are the keys to the future of analytics. Integrating Python scripts in traditional Power BI reporting changes the game for creating reports. In this session, discover how to bring your reports into the next level with Python. In this session, you will learn how to go beyond standard Power BI visualizations by using custom Python scripts to create truly unique visuals. Further, don’t settle for messy data any longer - learn how to use Python scripts to shape your data in the Power Query Editor. Finally, see examples of how you can leverage the full potential of machine learning by predicting null values or intelligently analyzing data. Python integration allows users to bring their Power BI reports from base descriptive reports to sophisticated predictive analyses.

Schedule Power BI Report Extracts using Power Automate

One of the major benefits of creating reports in Power BI is the flexibility in how users can distribute content. Many business users prefer reports to be accessed through PDFs to be used in external presentations. Using the Power Platform's low-code interface, Elayne Jones explains how to create a Power Automate flow to automate the PDF extraction process. Rather than relying on users to manually extract reports, the flow can then be scheduled to run on a scheduled cadence, allowing business users to receive the information on a reliable basis, without needing to request information from IT support. This solution demonstrates the time-saving potential of Power Platform integration by freeing users from manual drudgery without needing to create a custom application.

Integrating Power Apps with Power BI Reports

When users consume Power BI content, one of the most common requests is to modify the content’s underlying data. A creative solution is to create a Power App that allows users to update the data in its source. Then, embed the Power App on a Power BI report. The seamless integration of the Power Platform allows developers to create a single location for both updating and analyzing data – creating a uniquely interactive experience for users.

Become a Data Wizard Using Generative AI with Power BI

Wouldn't it be nice if you could open Power BI, utter a magical incantation, and automatically create beautiful reports to help you turn data into insights? Yearn no longer - join this session to learn how easily you can incorporate Generative AI capabilities in Power BI content. Through integration with Generative AI features, you can transform raw data into actionable reports in record time and with little to no user effort. Tools like Microsoft Copilot allow you to enter natural language prompts and automatically generate Power BI content. Saving time in development ultimately conserves costs and allows you to focus on analyzing the data and sparking change in your organization.

Power Up with Microsoft Fabric Premium

With the recent release of Microsoft Fabric, one of the first topics you will want to consider is pricing. Some questions already riddling your mind likely include: What exactly is the Premium Licensing structure in Power BI Premium? How do I transition my existing Power BI Premium license into the Fabric licensing structure? Why do I need Microsoft Fabric in the first place? In this session, learn all about pricing details and feature components available so that you can power up your data estate using Microsoft Fabric.

Lay Down the Law as a Fabric Administrator

"With great power, comes great responsibility." Microsoft Fabric's grandiose scope spans a number of technologies and services across domains, from data science and data engineering to data visualization. The span of products and associated users can seem daunting to manage. Fear not - the Fabric Admin Portal allows admins to manage their entire Fabric tenant. This session explains requirements for accessing the Admin Portal and demonstrates the settings available. Further, this session uncovers industry best practices for governing user activity, asset health, and resource consumption.

Elevate Program Management with Power BI & DevOps

Have you ever opened Azure DevOps and felt overwhelmed by the vast sea of program management options. Between Projects, Boards, and Work Items, Azure DevOps allows teams to track progress on projects and to communicate updates to peers. However, tracking progress across Projects and digesting information can be challenging. In this session, learn how to bring DevOps Work Items to life. By connecting to DevOps Boards in Power BI Desktop, users can design interactive reports to communicate team progress and to analyze project statuses. Sleek Power BI visuals make even the most technical DevOps content accessible to Executives and actionable for Project Managers.

Elayne Jones

Solutions Architect at Coca-Cola Bottlers Sales and Services

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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