PASSMN February 2018 Meeting

The next Minnesota SQL Server User Group meeting is on Tuesday, February 20. This month I will be doing a presentation on how to use Power BI Desktop to build reports off SQL Server database information and creating a dashboard.

Be sure to register so that your name badge will be available for you at the Microsoft Technology Center when you arrive and so that we will have an accurate headcount for ordering food.

The sponsor for this month’s meeting is DallasDBAs.

Location: 3601 West 76th Street, Suite 600 Edina, MN 55437

Agenda:

• 3:30-4:00 : Registration, Networking, and Food
• 4:00-4:10 : Kickoff / Announcements
• 4:10-5:25 : How to: Build a SQL Server Dashboard with Power BI (Dan English)
• 5:25-5:35 : Closing

Please click here for meeting details and to RSVP for the event

Presentation

How to: Build a SQL Server Dashboard with Power BI

Abstract: This session will provide an overview of Power BI tools including the Desktop, Service, and Mobile application. We will use Power BI to pull some information about SQL Server databases such as the count, sizes, last backup, recovery model, and file information. We will explore some of the recent capabilities that were added to Power BI Desktop like drill through and bookmarks. The example will be provided after the meeting so that you can review the code, try it out, and enhance the reports on your own.

About Dan: Dan is the Sr. Data Warehouse Architect at Constellation, Inc., a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, speaker, author, technical editor, and community leader. He has been developing with Microsoft technologies for over 20 years, and over 13 years with Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. He has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and now using 2017! Dan has videos on YouTube and Vimeo, is blogger, and tweets. Dan is the group leader for the PASS Business Analytics Virtual Group and the Director of Technology for the MN SQL Server User Group.