What we’re about
The Power BI & Fabric Manchester User Group is a free to attend event that has been going for over 7 years and our members to meets every month in Manchester on a Thursday evening.
We host a variety of events including talks from expert speakers and hands-on introduction to Power BI. We are a thriving Power BI community including end users & industry experts all who use Power BI – and enjoy using it.
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Upcoming events (2)
See all- PBIMCR presents 'Fabric Translytical Task Flows & parkrun Power BI case study'Robert Walters Group, Manchester
When: Thursday 25th of September 2025
Time: arrive for 530pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt
Location: Robert Walters, Number 1 Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3HF
Session will not be streamed over MS Teams
Complimentary drinks & pizza provided by our hosts & sponsors Robert WaltersSeptember's PBIMCR will feature .....
Speaker Details -
Talk 1:
Ross Waterston - Principal Consultant at Geordie ConsultingTalk Title:
Power BI Dataset Lifecycles & Metrics: A parkrun casestudyDescription:
Ross alongside running a Power BI & Platform data consultancy is the Event Director for the Jesmond Dene weekly parkrun in Newcastle upon Tyne.He is a highly active and prominent member of the local parkrun community, also volunteering regularly at the nearby Town Moor Junior parkrun.
Ross is going to combine his passion for Power BI with data from his local parkrun events. He will be discussing the dataset metrics, scorecards, semantic models and the evolution of his parkrun Power bi report over the last year.
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Talk 2:
Lewis Holmes - Fabric Data Architect at Coeo ConsultingTalk Title :
Fabric Translytical Task Flows in ActionDescription :
Lewis is a Data Platform Consultant with extensive experience helping organisations get more value from their data using Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and the wider Microsoft Data Platform.
In this session, he’ll introduce Microsoft Fabric's Translytical Task Flows and the different components needed to get them running, and then run a live end-to-end demo of real world implementation. - PBIMCR x Data Decoded - sponsored by TuggerManchester Central (G-Mex), Manchester
We've been invited to run a special User Group event at Data Decoded conference at Manchester Central
When: Tuesday 21st of October 2025
Time: arrive for 530pm with talks starting from 6pm start prompt
Complimentary drinks provided by our sponsors Tugger who will have a sponsor stand in the venue.October's PBIMCR x DataDecoded event will feature 3 lightening talks
Talk 1:
Matt Bromilow -
No More Defaults: AI Workflows for Unique Power BI VisualsThis session is about using AI to build and implement custom visuals that serve real business needs. We’ll walk through a proven developer workflow coding and deploying a Power BI custom visual step by step with AI support. Along the way you’ll see how AI can speed up development, standardise the process, and make building visuals more accessible. Attendees will get a boilerplate to kickstart their own projects, and there will be live interaction as we bring a custom visual to life together.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-bromilow-9214b131b/Talk 2:
Chris & Craig Morrall co-founders from Tugger
Tugger is the only end-to-end provider built specifically for Power BI, helping developers and teams streamline the process of turning raw data into meaningful reporting. We specialise in making connections to platforms such as Xero, QuickBooks, and HubSpot simple and reliable, without the need for ongoing custom API development or manual data prep.
With Tugger, the heavy lifting around extracting and organising data is handled for you. Our built-in data warehousing ensures that the data is centralised and structured in a way that’s ready to use in Power BI, so you can focus on creating dashboards and delivering insights rather than troubleshooting connections or managing refresh cycles.
Security and compliance are at the heart of our approach. Tugger is built with enterprise-level security, so you can be confident that data pipelines are robust, protected, and compliant with industry standards.
By combining seamless data integration, built-in warehousing, and enterprise-grade security, Tugger gives Power BI developers a trusted foundation to build powerful, scalable reporting solutions for their organisations.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tuggerapp/Talk 3:
Johnny Winter - The Importance of Community and Networking
Being part of the data community has had huge benefits to my career. This session is intended as a brief explanation about those benefits and a q&a about how you can get involved.Register for free for full day's event at:
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