April 15, 2024

Free Data and Insights Event, Thetalytics, Is Back for 2024

Join us to explore the latest trends and challenges in the world of data and insights. You'll hear insightful discussions, practical experiences, and expert analysis from specialists at Theta, Microsoft and Snowflake.

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Theta

February 26, 2024

Tips & Tricks for Generating Reports With Copilot for Power BI

There are just a few things to remember when getting started with Copilot for Power BI. Our Principal Consultant in Data and Insights and Microsoft MVP, Soheil Bakhshi, has listed some of his tips & tricks for you below.

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Soheil Bakhshi, Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Principal Consultant in Data & Insights | Author | Blogger

Theta

November 14, 2023

Navigating Power BI Governance for Enterprises: A Spotlight on Power BI Sentinel

Good governance is essential to any Power BI environment, but large enterprises, in particular, often lack adequate measures to ensure this happens. Without robust governance, you risk a lack of data security, integrity, flexibility and accessibility. The superhero looking after your city.

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David McQuinlan, Power BI Specialist

Theta

July 26, 2023

Microsoft Fabric: What it Means for Businesses & Data Teams

Microsoft Fabric: the new and unified analytics platform in the cloud that integrates various data and analytics services, like Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI, into a single product. It’s built upon the well-known Power BI platform, covering everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics and business intelligence. Here’s my rundown of what's in store.

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Soheil Bakhshi, Principal Consultant, Data and Insights

Theta

July 18, 2023

Power BI Governance: What Organisations Need to Know

As more organisations adopt Power BI, it becomes essential to ensure appropriate governance processes, policies, and rules are in place. This blog post explains Power BI governance and why business owners need to be conscious of it.

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Soheil Bakhshi, Principal Consultant, Data and Insights

Theta

June 14, 2023

Microsoft Copilot for Power BI: Perks And Limitations

The recent announcement of Copilot’s integration with Power BI has developers and business owners stirred up and excited to start reaping the benefits. Powered by OpenAI’s Codex (a system that can generate code from natural language descriptions), Copilot runs off the same technology and is an impressive example of the power of artificial intelligence.

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Soheil Bakhshi, Principal Consultant, Data and Insights

Theta

May 25, 2023

Power BI 2023: Check Out These Features

Power BI releases new features and improvements all the time. Here are some of our recent favourites. [A note that Microsoft Fabric and a Copilot integration with Power BI were also recently announced at Microsoft Build. More to come on that in a separate blog!]

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Soheil Bakhshi, Principal Consultant in Data and Insights

Theta

April 12, 2023

The Natural Language Tools in Power BI

Since the release of ChatGPT, attention has turned to ‘natural language queries’ to get the answers you need. But did you know Power BI has a couple of tools available to help you with your data?

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Soheil Bakhshi, Principal Consultant in Data & Insights

Theta

March 17, 2023

7 Benefits of a Modern Data Platform

Planning for a Modern Data Platform (MDP) is on many wishlists for 2023 – and for a good reason. Here's a quick rundown of an MDP and what you can expect to gain by building one.

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Theta

March 17, 2023

Tips n’ tricks for using Power BI Natural Language Processing (NLP)

So you want to leverage the value of your data? It can be as easy as searching a question in plain language, thanks to Power BI Q&A, or exploring new insights with smart narrative reports made from your visual data. It’s all part of one powerful feature, Natural Language Processing. While it’s available to all users, there are some tips for getting the most out of it.

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Theta