ETL foundations: Staging your data
The concept of staging is not a complicated one, but you shouldn’t be deceived by the apparent simplicity of it. There’s a lot you can do in this phase of your ETL process, and it is as much a skill as it is an art to get it all right and still appear simplistic…
Owning my own business: Lessons learned from year three
I ended my year two review with “Bring it on 2020, I’m ready!”…and boy did it listen. I of course didn’t know it at the time, but the year 2020 would pull the rug from under our feet and the world as we know it would change significantly. If only I could take those words back…
Should I move to Power BI Premium Per User?
At Microsoft Ignite this year, we finally got the answer we were waiting for…the pricing for Power BI PPU (Premium Per User) was announced and set to be generally available in April 2021. With the price set at $20/user, which is better than I expected, I think the landscape is going to change in a significant way.
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